2013. The last batch of 7WC-III program vessels, all of them Gearing class, were retired in early 2000s.[9]. The K-guns were retained. In place of mount 52, a practice 5 inch reloading machine was installed with the MK-32 triple torpedo launchers aft of the loader. The initial design retained the Sumners' heavy torpedo armament of 10 21" (533mm) tubes in two quintuple mounts, firing the Mark 15 torpedo. Grebe never became operational, reportedly because none of the then existing sonars could match the missile's range. DD-862 to DD-872 awarded to Bethlehem Steel, Staten Island. The Gyrodyne Helicopter Historical Foundation (GHHF) is a The Gearing design was a minor modification of the immediately preceding Allen M. Sumner class. Photographs of the six retained DDRs show no markings on the DASH landing deck, as well as a much smaller deckhouse than was usually provided for DASH, so they may not have been equipped with DASH. Together, the Gearings with surviving Sumners and some Fletchers continued in US Navy service during the cold war alongside the Forrest Sherman and Charles F. Adams classes until retired when larger Spruance-class ships began commissioning in the 1970s. the Sumner at Federal Shipbuilding. Seven hundred ninety men were killed and 80 injured. Three twin 5"/38cal Mark 38 dual purpose (DP) mounts constituted the main battery. This led to shift to the LAMPS program of manned helicopters, which the Gearing class were too small to accommodate. // -->