I noticed that the Nicholas and O'Bannon still had the 1.1" quad about 30 years ago at the Navy Historical Center. I spent a lot of time trying to find out when they got 40mm guns because I couldn't believe they went to war with them. I figured that they just HAD to have been modified as had the Federal built Fletcher's. I think this photo is pretty clear that the O'Bannon had the 1.1" quad in 1943 ...
http://www.destroyerhistory.org/fletche ... dside.html ... although it isn't clear enough to plainly see the quad gun. The following photo is a little better ...
http://www.destroyerhistory.org/fletche ... 43_02.html An onboard photo on sister ship Nicholas is pretty firm evidence, to me anyway, ...
http://www.destroyerhistory.org/fletche ... re_01.html ... you can't see the full 1.1" mtg, but look at the gun sights. Compare to photos of 1.1" quad mtg and 40mm twin mtg ... that is a 1.1" quad mtg. Sorry I can't lay my hands on a web photo of a quad 1.1" on a Fletcher class that shows this sight right now (they all seem to have a cover over them), but there is a view on a DE that I found at this site ...
http://www.sunwestmonograms.com//wiseman/armament.htm ... see the 5th photo down. I couldn't find any photos of any of the first three Bath built Fletcher's having 40mm until the Nicholas and O'Bannon returned to the West Coast in late 1943 and were upgraded to the 5 twin 40mm standard (done in Jan 1944). The Mare Island photos clearly are marked showing the areas modified and all five twin 40mm locations are marked ... go to Navsource's website for the series of Mare Island photos. As for the Camo ... I wasn't really interested in documenting these ships paint schemes at the time. I just remember looking at all these photos taken in the SW Pacific and not being able to see much detail because they were ALL painted in this dark solid color. How for a discussion on which Fletcher's got the 14-40mm Emergency mod in 1945 ... hint Friedman didn't publish an entirely accurate list.