FRAM I modernization program

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The FRAM I modernization program was a U.S. Navy initiative in the Cold War era to extensively upgrade World War II–era destroyers with improved anti-submarine warfare capabilities, sensors, and weapons systems.

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instanceOf United States Navy program
naval modernization program
appliesTo Gearing-class destroyers NERFINISHED
Sumner-class destroyers NERFINISHED
World War II–era destroyers
category Cold War naval program
United States naval anti-submarine warfare program NERFINISHED
conflictContext Cold War NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
designedToCounter Soviet submarine threat
effectOnShips standardized ASW configuration for modernized destroyers
focus anti-submarine warfare
includesUpgrade combat information center
electronics
machinery and engineering plant
radar systems
sensors
sonar systems
weapons systems
introducedWeaponSystem ASROC anti-submarine rocket system NERFINISHED
DASH drone anti-submarine helicopter system NERFINISHED
Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes
modificationType major structural changes
new superstructure elements
revised deck layout
operator United States Navy
partOf Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization program NERFINISHED
primaryGoal extend service life of destroyers
improve anti-submarine warfare capabilities
relatedProgram FRAM II modernization program NERFINISHED
resultedIn extended operational life of destroyers by approximately 10 to 15 years
scope extensive reconstruction in shipyard
serviceBranch U.S. Navy surface fleet NERFINISHED
shortName FRAM I NERFINISHED
targetShipType destroyer
timePeriod 1960s
late 1950s

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USS Leonard F. Mason convertedUnder FRAM I modernization program