Destroyer Escort DE-789 USS Tatum 3D model

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This detailed model showcases impressive details, including intricate guns, depth charges, and mousetraps, along with a realistic steel tubing frame for the flying bridge featuring a canvas cover, speaking tube, and other authentic components. As a high-poly model, it includes an array of textures, enabling seamless animation of features such as the propellers, rudders, davits, and even mousetraps. Materials and textures are carefully crafted to replicate the real-world appearance of the model's components, presented in multiple formats for versatile use. Built during World War II between 1943 and 1944, the Buckley Class Destroyer Escorts represented a series of compact, less costly vessels with quick deployment capabilities. Their operational advantage stemmed from their ease of crewing, higher maneuverability, and increased accessibility compared to fleet destroyer classes. An impressive 150-plus of these ships served in the US Navy and British Navy under the guise of Captain Class Frigates. Outfitted with a potent array of firepower including three 3-inch artillery pieces, a quad-mounted anti-aircraft gun, M14 torpedo tubes, and as many as eight rapid-firing 20mm cannons, the Buckley-class ships stood strong on the battlefield. Additional defenses included an assortment of depth charge launch systems – featuring M24 mousetrap units, twin roll-off depth charge racks aft, and versatile K-gun depth charge launchers for maximum flexibility in anti-submarine warfare. Enhanced by state-of-the-art sonar and underwater search technology, these Destroyer Escorts excelled in their pivotal role during World War II. Notably, a real Buckley-class Destroyer Escort ship was the star of the iconic film "The Enemy Below," which extensively featured its capabilities on board an authentic Buckley Class vessel.