Fantail destroyer

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fantail destroyer

line of the ventral surface of the ship's fantail there is another lesser cavity which is several times the depth and expanse of the primary docking bay of a star destroyer.
Fantail of Nicholas at speed, 1943. Click on any image to view it in more detail.
The Spruance-class destroyer was developed by the United States to replace a large number of had a 21 cell RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile launcher mounted on the starboard fantail.
image of USS Mustin (DDG-89), a Flight IIA ship, note lack of TACTAS in center of fantail The Yard: Building a Destroyer at the Bath Iron Works. New York: HarperCollins.
When the port propeller fell off a few hours later, leaving the destroyer helpless, the fantail was cut loose since wave action was battering and chafing the hull.
NavSource Naval History Photographic History of the United States Navy: DESTROYER armament configuration with 5-5”/38cal guns, one twin 40mm gun mount on the fantail and
NavSource Naval History Photographic History of the United States Navy: DESTROYER S. Navy Midshipman Galloway poses with several foreign naval officers on the fantail of
K-Gun The weapon that fired depth charges to either beam or quarter of the ship, as opposed to those which were "rolled" into the sea from the fantail.
USS Slater, DE 766, Albany, NY, The Last Destroyer Escort
The Fletcher Class Destroyers. BASIC FLETCHER CLASS SPECIFICATIONS LENGTH OVERALL 376 Ft Mk 4 located with 4 amidships, 2 each side, three were located on the fantail.