The Gleaves-class destroyers were a class of 66 destroyers of the United States Navy built 1938–1942 The model is very detailed. It includes many animateable features: guns and turrets, anti-aircraft borfors, 20mm cannons, 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 multiple formats. These models render very well and look very realistic using good animation and rendering technique.Model is fully textured with all materials UVW mapped and applied. Most materials are planar mapped and major materials include texturing. 3ds Max models are grouped for easy selection, and objects are logically named for ease of scene management.No cleaning up necessary just drop your models into the scene and start rendering. No special plugin needed to open scene. Model does not include any backgrounds or scenes used in preview images. It can be used in an animation or static position within an animated video or possibly for programming for a simulation application. This 3D model was not designed for 3d printing, these are digital files only for visualization and gaming.

Gleaves-class destroyers were virtually identical in appearance to the Benson-class destroyers (DD-421), distinguishable only by the shape of their stacks—the Gleaves class had round stacks, and the Benson class had flat-sided stacks. They were the production destroyer of the US Navy when it entered World War II.