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Photo # NH 99523:  USS Perkins at the time of an inclining experiment, 15 November 1962

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-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Perkins (DD-877), 1945-1973 --
Inclining Experiment Views

Like nearly all the Navy's ships, Perkins was the subject of "inclining experiments" during her service. This work, frequently done in the course of major shipyard overhauls, involved shifting heavy weights on board the ship and carefully measuring the resulting changes in her trim, all to help determine her stability characteristics. The resulting information was vital to keeping the ship in safe condition, both during normal operation and during stressful occasions, such as when riding out major storms or after receiving significant damage. Photographs taken during inclining experiments are often very detailed, and provide an excellent record of a ship's equipment and general external arrangement.

This page features photographs taken while USS Perkins (DD-877) was undergoing an inclining experiment in November 1962, at the conclusion of her FRAM II modernization.

For more views related to this ship, see:

  • USS Perkins (DD-877, later DDR-877 and DD-877), 1945-1973.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 99523

    USS Perkins
    (DD-877)

    Plan view forward, taken while the ship was undergoing an inclining experiment at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard, California, on 15 November 1962, at the conclusion of her FRAM II modernization.
    Note the reinforcement fitted to the side of her forward 5"/38 twin gun mount. Also the antenna atop the mount and anchor handling gear on her foredeck.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 106KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 99524

    USS Perkins
    (DD-877)

    View looking aft from over the ship's foredeck, taken while she was undergoing an inclining experiment at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard, California, on 15 November 1962, at the conclusion of her FRAM II modernization.
    Note radio antenna carried atop her # two 5"/38 twin gun mount; Hedgehog anti-submarine mortars fitted alongside the pilothouse, and Mark 37 gun director mounted atop the forward superstructure.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 122KB; 590 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 99525

    USS Perkins
    (DD-877)

    View amidships, taken while the ship was undergoing an inclining experiment at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard, California, on 15 November 1962, at the conclusion of her FRAM II modernization.
    Note the new caps fitted to her smokestacks, fixed torpedo tubes angled outboard behind the forward stack, and Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes mounted at the deck edges.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 122KB; 595 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 99526

    USS Perkins
    (DD-877)

    View looking forward from over her helicopter deck, taken while the ship was undergoing an inclining experiment at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard, California, on 15 November 1962, at the conclusion of her FRAM II modernization.
    Note the elaborate antenna mast fitted atop her DASH drone helicoter hangar.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 130KB; 600 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 99527

    USS Perkins
    (DD-877)

    View looking forward from over her after 5"/38 twin gun mount, taken while the ship was undergoing an inclining experiment at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard, California, on 15 November 1962, at the conclusion of her FRAM II modernization.
    Note the hangar and flight deck for DASH drone anti-submarine helicopters.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 104KB; 590 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 99528

    USS Perkins
    (DD-877)

    View looking forward from over her afterdeck, taken while the ship was undergoing an inclining experiment at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard, California, on 15 November 1962, at the conclusion of her FRAM II modernization.
    Note the weight-shifting track installed for the inclining experiment and Perkins' after 5"/38 twin gun mount, with gun barrels at near-vertical elevation.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 114KB; 595 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 99529

    USS Perkins
    (DD-877)

    Plan view aft, taken while the ship was undergoing an inclining experiment at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard, California, on 15 November 1962, at the conclusion of her FRAM II modernization.
    Note the weight-shifting track installed for the inclining experiment, and inscription atop the box temporarily fitted at her stern: "leave aboard incline gear".

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 106KB; 600 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 99530

    USS Perkins
    (DD-877)

    View of the ship's starboard quarter, taken while she was undergoing an inclining experiment at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard, California, on 15 November 1962, at the conclusion of her FRAM II modernization.
    Note her deck fittings and propeller guard.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 87KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     

    For more views related to this ship, see:

  • USS Perkins (DD-877, later DDR-877 and DD-877), 1945-1973.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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