View in to the hangar for the QH-50 DASH drone aboard the U.S. Navy destroyer USS <i>John W. Thomason</i> (DD-760) after her FRAM conversion, in 1959-60. In March 1959, <i>John W. Thomason</i> entered Long Beach Naval Shipyard, California (USA), as prototype ship for the new Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization (FRAM) program. During this extensive repair and modernization period she received a flight deck and hangar aft, variable depth sonar, the latest electronic equipment, and many improvements in living and working spaces. The conversion was followed by extensive trials and local training operations.
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<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.navy.mil/ah_online/department_arch.html">U.S. Navy All Hands magazine</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.navy.mil/ah_online/archpdf/ah196003.pdf">March 1960</a>, p. 4.