Destroyer Escort DE-696 USS Spangler 3D model

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This highly detailed model is truly impressive, featuring intricate elements such as guns, depth charges, racks and mouse traps that bring authenticity to every aspect of its design. The flying bridge is particularly noteworthy, showcasing a steel tubing frame that supports the canvas cover, speaking tube and other distinctive features. With a high poly count, this model boasts an extensive array of textures that elevate its realism even further. Guns, propellers, rudders, davits and mouse traps are fully animatable, while all materials and textures are meticulously provided as depicted in these images. The model comes in several formats for versatility. Built between 1943 and 1944, the Buckley Class Destroyer Escorts were designed to serve a critical role during World War II, showcasing remarkable characteristics that made them ideal for their purpose. Compared to fleet destroyer classes, they boasted smaller size, slower speed and limited range, yet were easier, less costly and more rapidly manned than their counterparts, offering exceptional maneuverability in combat situations. Over 150 of these vessels were constructed, with some serving the US Navy while others joined the British Navy as Captain Class Frigates. These remarkable ships were equipped with a formidable arsenal consisting of three 3-inch artillery pieces, a quad 40 mm anti-aircraft gun, and three torpedo launch tubes for standard M14 torpedoes. Furthermore, they featured up to eight 20 mm cannons, as well as M24 mouse trap launchers, after racks for roll-off depth charges and 6 to 8 K-gun launchers for underwater operations. Additionally, the Buckley class ships were equipped with state-of-the-art sonar and underwater search gear for enhanced anti-submarine warfare capabilities. The movie “The Enemy Below” prominently featured the Buckley Class Destroyer Escort as its main setting, showcasing extensive scenes filmed on board a ship of this class. This model meticulously replicates these characteristics, bringing authenticity to any animation or visualization application that utilizes it.