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Do we know how many DCs Fletchers routinely carried? Trekphiler 01:33, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

I remember owning a plastic model of a Fletcher where I was able to remove one of the 5-inch turrets and replace it with what looked like of those rectangular Hedgehog launchers. Was this ever an actual modification to the ships? Masterblooregard (talk) 03:27, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Without looking at my sources, can't say for certain, but IIRC, it was a late war/postwar mod, replacing B turret. Trekphiler (talk) 10:40, 8 February, & 14:53, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Boiler room tactics

Is the layout diag correct? I'd expect boiler rooms to be located beneath the stacks, not enlisted quarters. Trekphiler (talk) 14:54, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Heh, good eye. Here's a cutaway of a Fletcher-class on an outside site [1]. Not sure what the source is, but it certainly appears to contradict the location of the enlisted quarters on that diagram. I'd imagine it's probably a typo on the diagram; it looks like the Fletchers featured alternating boiler and engine rooms, so that first huge EQ should read ER, and the second should read BR. TomTheHand (talk) 23:07, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

IIRC, you're right about the sep ER/BR. I'd wonder at the source of the mislabled diag, too; pretty obviously, that's the source of the error. My hope was somebody had a correct 1. Trekphiler (talk) 15:35, 1 April 2008 (UTC)