The Fletcher class was a class of destroyers of the United States Navy. The ships were built beginning in 1941 and served in the Navy beginning in 1942. By 1944, 175 ships had been built in eleven different shipyards. This makes the Fletcher class one of the most numerous classes of surface warfare ships in the world. The ships participated in all major U.S. Navy operations during the Pacific War. Service in the U.S. Navy lasted intermittently until 1971, quite a few destroyers were transferred to other nations, including Germany, and remained in active service for a long time. The last ship of the class, the BAM Cuitlahuac (the former USS John Rodgers), was decommissioned from the Mexican Navy in 2002 after a total of 60 years of service.
World War II Cannon-class destroyer escort, similar to the Fletcher-class destroyer featured in the movie Greyhound. I wanted a toy rather than a model, but I was still intent on building it to scale. I searched the Internet for diagrams, blueprints, and pictures of real ships for reference. The USS Slater website (a surviving museum ship) was especially helpful. During the war, these ships were upgraded and modified, so this is more of a compilation than a model of a specific ship.warmaking model/ war-making
A word about accuracy: the real ships had two propellers and two rudders. Since this is primarily a toy (and you wouldn't know it if it was in the water), I opted for the simplicity of one propeller and one rudder.
The model is built in 1:108 scale. (15mm scale for war games). In the real world it is about 34" long.
The model is great for 3D printing, RC projects, animation and many other things.
The model comes from the artist Jabberwock
STL (Stereolithography, filesize: 8.66 MB), OBJ (OBJ, filesize: 13.4 MB), 3MF (3D Manufacturing File, filesize: 958 KB), GLTF (glTF, filesize: 1.76 MB)
