Fletcher Class Destroyer DD501 USS Schroeder Model 3D

These models render very well and look very realistic using good animation and rendering technique. The model is very detailed. It includes many animateable features: guns and turrets, anti-aircraft borfors, 20 mm cannons and 21” torpedoes, davits, whaleboats, hatches, propellers and rudders. Flags can be easily added and animated. Anchors can be animated with the addition of anchor chains. Handrails, ladders and hatches appear through the model. Life Rafts are included through the model and can be launched. This model was built with textures and is available in 10 different formats. The Fletcher class was a class of destroyers built by the United States during World War II. The class was designed in 1939, as a result of dissatisfaction with the earlier destroyer leader types of the Porter and Somers classes. Some went on to serve during the Korean War and into the Vietnam War. The Fletcher class (named for Admiral Frank F. Fletcher) was the largest class of destroyer ordered, and was also one of the most successful and popular with the destroyer men themselves