The first Gearings were not ready for service until mid-1945 and saw little service in World War II. single bank of five torpedo tubes, giving a less crowded arrangement amidships. The Gearing design was a minor modification of the Allen M. Sumner class, whereby the hull was lengthened by 14 ft (4.3 m) at amidships, which resulted in more fuel . The Gearing design was a minor modification of the Allen M. Sumner class, whereby the hull was lengthened by 14 ft (4.3 m) at amidships, which resulted in more fuel storage space and increased the operating range. The first Gearings were not ready for service until mid-1945 and thus saw little service in World War II. provides two twin 5"/38 dual-purpose gun mounts forward and a single Operational and Building Data Had a twin, dual-purpose 5-inch/38 caliber gun mount been available in 1941, the US Navy's next destroyer design after the Benson and Gleaves classes might well have incorporated it instead of five single mounts, attempted unsuccessfully in those classes though successful in the larger Fletcher class that followed. // -->