hello, thank you i thouck qbout it too, but eith search i found more resources, take a look
i investigated and uss cassin fought in the same battles uss johnston, had this scheme in oct 1944, look at this:
USS Cassin Young
1/350 USS Cassin Young -793 (Yankee Model Works)
My basic references were Jeff Herne's The kit used was Blue Water Navy's (now Yankee Modelworks kit) USS Johnston Fletcher Class destroyer. Since I wanted to model a deatroyer using one of the distruptive camouflage measures, I elected to model the USS Cassin Young--especially since there are quite a few references and photos of the Young.
My basic reference was J. Scott Harmon's "U.S.S. Cassin Young (DD-793)" book. Other references were Raven's "Fletcher-Class Destroyers" and Herne's "Warship Perspectives, Fletcher, Gearing and Sumner Class Destroyers in World War Two".
The kit model's lenght is approximately 11/32" too short or about 1/360 scale so I reduced the Alan Chesley line and camouflage drawings in the Harmon book to 1/360 scale at a local print shop. Comparing those drawings(and other Fletcher line drawings) to the kit, I determined the foreward bridge superstructure and gun mount 51 were 3/16" too far aft. I used a razor saw to carefully remove the bridge superstructure and repositioned it and the 51 gun ring 3/16" foreward. (Actually, the kit is acceptable without this modification; but, I wanted my model to be slighty more accurate.)
The lower hull (this is a two piece hull kit) was about 1/8" shorter than the upper hull. I elected to cut the lower hull in two sections cutting near the stern with a razor saw. Then, I matched the stern and bows glueing with 5-minute epoxy, filled the resulting 1/8" gap with scrap resin and super glue, filled all mating lines with 3-M Acryl-Blue Glazing Putty, primed with Dupli-Color Filler Primer (outside using an respirator--vapors are bad), and sanded with 400-600 wet/dry sanding paper. I painted the model as the Young appeared in 1944 in the Measure 32/7D scheme using the camouflage drawing and The Floating Drydock Measure 32/7D camouflage sheet. I masked and air brushed Model Masters Marine Acryl 5-L light gray and Dull Black for vertical surfaces above the water line and Boottop Black and Anti-fouling Red below. The decks were hand painted using Poly Scale 20-B Deck Blue and 5-O Ocean Gray.
Minor modifications were made to reflect the Young's configuration--moved the mid-ship 20mm gun shielding, scratched-built stack platforms, added a Sonar dome made from resin scraps and slightly modified the aft 40mm structure. The mast and prop shafts were replaced with brass tubing. Non-kit parts used were L'Arsenal's 26' whale boats and Mk 51 directors (the kit's are acceptable; but, these are more detailed), Tom's Modelworks SC-2 radar (the kit's appear to be over-scale), and Gold Medal Models's floater net baskets. The 20mm guns were a combination of L'Arsenal (base, gun carrige & shield), kit (gun barrel), and GMM (wheel). Rigging was .002", .003", and .004" nylon fishing line for halyards, radio wire, and supporting lines, respectively.
The model took approximately 90-100 hours to complete.
Overall, this is an excellent kit with outstanding photo-etch (well-detailed and very forgiving when there are mis-steps). The "railing/life-lines" are especially nice with its delicate netting. (However, the pre-measured photo-etch railings need to be cut into smaller sections for the bow and stern locations to prevent warp/mis-shaping after glueing as the provided sections are straight and don't match the deck line curve.)
Richard Sliwka
USS Cassin Young (DD-793), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Captain Cassin Young (1894–1942), who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism at Pearl Harbor and killed in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.
Cassin Young (DD-793) was launched 12 September 1943 by Bethlehem Steel Corp., San Pedro, California; sponsored by Mrs. C. Young; and commissioned 31 December 1943, Commander E. T. Schrieber in command.
After serving in World War II, including the Battle of Leyte and the Battle of Okinawa, Cassin Young continued in active service until 1960. She is preserved today as a memorial ship, berthed at Boston Navy Yard in Boston, Massachusetts, across from the USS Constitution.
1944
Cassin Young arrived at Pearl Harbor 19 March 1944 to complete her training before sailing on to Manus, where she joined the massive Fast Carrier Task Force (then called TF 58, at other times called TF 38, depending on whether the overall organization was called 5th Fleet or 3rd Fleet). On 28 April, this force sortied for air attacks on Japanese strongholds at Truk, Woleai, Satawan, and Ponape, during which Cassin Young operated as picket ship, assigned to warn her group of possible enemy counterattack.
She returned to Majuro, and then Pearl Harbor for further training before reporting to Eniwetok 11 June to join the screen of escort carriers assigned to covering duty in the invasion of Saipan 4 days later. In addition to radar picket and screening duty, she was also called upon for inshore fire support. As the battle for Saipan raged ashore, escort carriers of Cassin Young's group launched attacks on the island, as well as sorties to neutralize enemy air fields on Tinian, Rota, and Guam. Similar operations supporting the subsequent assaults on Tinian and Guam claimed the services of Cassin Young until 13 August, when she returned to Eniwetok to replenish.
Between 29 August and 2 October 1944, Cassin Young guarded the carriers of Task Group 38.3 as strikes were flown from their decks to hit targets on Palau, Mindanao, and Luzon in support of the assault on the Palaus, stepping-stone to the Philippines. Only 4 days after her return from this mission to Ulithi, Cassin Young sailed on 6 October with the same force on duty in the accelerated schedule for the Philippines assault. First on the schedule were air strikes on Okinawa, Luzon, and Formosa; these led to the furious Formosa Air Battle of 10 to 13 October, during which the Japanese tried to destroy the carrier strength of the imposing TF 38. On 14 October, Reno was struck by a kamikaze, which wounded five of Cassin Young's men with machine gun fire. Cassin Young aided in shooting down several aircraft in this attack.
On 18 October 1944, TF 38 took position east of Luzon to launch strikes immobilizing enemy air fields there in preparation for the assault on Leyte 2 days later. After standing by to render support if called upon during the initial landings, Cassin Young's group began to search for the enemy forces known to be moving toward Leyte Gulf on 23 October, and next day moved in toward San Bernardino Strait, ready to launch strikes. In the most vigorous and successful air attack mounted by the Japanese during the Leyte operation, at 0938 on 24 October, an enemy bomb struck Princeton, and Cassin Young rejoined TG 38.3 for the dash northward to attack the Japanese Northern Force. This developed on 25 October into the Battle off Cape Engaño, a series of air strikes in which four Japanese carriers and a destroyer were sunk.
I found this info in
http://www.navy.mil/navydata/navy_legacy_hr.asp?id=143 
USS HOEL
Oct. 25, 1944 - Destroyers USS Hoel (DD 533), USS Johnston (DD 557), and escort USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE 413) sank during a raid against enemy battleships off the island of Samur. Only 86 of Hoel's complement survived while 253 officers and crew died with their ship.
USS Johnston DD557 USN Fletcher Class Destroyer 1944 Kit 1-350 Yankee Modelworks Resin Model Ship Kit
Witch color would you use, the blue or dezzel. This is a dilemma because I saw de dvd dogfighter battle of leyte and fought like the grandes. Hope you answer.
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