Destroyer Escort DE-69 USS Blessman 3D model

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This model offers an incredible amount of detail, from guns to depth charges, racks, and even mouse traps - all rendered with extreme precision. The flying bridge showcases its steel tubing frame that would support the canvas cover, speaking tube, and other distinctive features. With this being a high-poly model, it boasts more than just a few textures. Furthermore, all guns, propellers, rudders, davits, and even mousetraps are fully animatable. Every material and texture is provided, as evident from the render here. To meet different user requirements, the model comes in several formats. Buckley Class Destroyer Escorts were designed between 1943 and 1944 to contribute effectively during World War II. These ships stood out due to their compact size, relatively slower pace, limited range compared to fleet destroyer classes, but higher maneuverability and easier upkeep. An impressive number of over 150 of these vessels were constructed and served in both the US Navy and the British Navy under the title Captain Class Frigates. Their defensive armament consisted of three powerful 3-inch artillery pieces, a quad 40mm anti-aircraft gun, and launch tubes for M14 torpedoes alongside up to eight 20 mm cannons. These ships also boasted innovative features such as the inclusion of M24 mousetrap launchers, racks for roll-off depth charges, k-gun launchers for up-to-eight depth charges, sonar technology for tracking submarines underwater. They also featured cutting-edge anti-submarine warfare tools like underwater search gear and sonars to take on enemy submarines more effectively in battle scenarios depicted in the iconic war movie 'The Enemy Below,' which took a major portion of filming onboard a real Buckley Class ship, lending authenticity to the depiction of World War II combat scenes at sea.