Revisions and Retrofits: Part II
Part 2 of the earlier series of images where I finalized the Sirentide's refits, and introduce a subclass of an already existing ship.
As the most numerous class of oceangoing warship in World War 2, especially among the US Navy, destroyers enjoyed massive production runs. The most numerous example of which was the Fletcher-class destroyer. Likewise, in the far-future successor state to the USA, the Phoenix Republic's most produced warship is the Thresher. And like historical destroyers, their designs were often iterated upon to produce ships with better capabilities in one area over another.
In this case, the Summers-class Area Defense Destroyer is essentially an enlarged Thresher hull given new engines, modified armaments, and more anti-air emplacements to allow it to better defend against strike craft and other destroyers instead of partaking in fleet actions as a flanking torpedo force.
Finalized version of the Sirentide's superstructure.
A newly-refitted Sirentide sailing with a ship that's seen similar refits.
That feeling when the targeting scope's open.
A view from the top.
Summers-class Destroyers were initially rolled out as 'destroyer leaders' - ships of a similar weight class meant to lead destroyer squadrons before they supplanted the earlier Thresher-class destroyers entirely.
Aside from the lengthening of the hull to fit additional AAA, Summers-class area defense destroyers also mounted new engines.