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OPS-2
AN/SPS-6 is a two-dimensional radar manufactured by Bendix and Westinghouse Electric. It was used by the US Navy as a first-generation air-search radar after World War II, and was widely exported to allies. In addition, the improved AN/SPS-12 is the derivative types developed in other countries. AN/SPS-6 This machine was developed as a successor to the SR-3 or SR-6 radar, which is an L Band air search radar that has been used in the past. The development is said to have been influenced by AN/TPS-1, which was a portable air radar for the ground. As the antenna, a parabolic antenna that uses a horn antenna as the primary radiation source is adopted. In addition, the modular design allows the configuration to be expanded or contracted according to the ship on which it is mounted. Initially, the following three models existed. AN/SPS-6 The antenna dimensions were 18 ft (5,500 mm) x 5 ft (1,500 mm), the beamwidth was 3 ° x 10 °, and it could be detected at 8 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Charrette
USS ''Charrette'' (DD-581) was a of the United States Navy, named for Lieutenant George Charrette (1867–1938), who was awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism during the Spanish–American War. Entering service during World War II, she spent her career in the Pacific theatre. Placed in reserve following the war, ''Charette'' was transferred to the Kingdom of Greece in 1959 and renamed ''Velos'' (D16), remaining in service till 1991 before being preserved as a museum ship at Palaio Faliro, Athens. Service history United States Navy ''Charrette'' was launched on 3 June 1942 by the Boston Navy Yard, sponsored by Mrs G. Charrette. The ship was commissioned on 18 May 1943. ''Charrette'' sailed from New York on 20 September 1943 to escort the aircraft carrier to Pacific service. Arriving at Pearl Harbor 9 October, ''Charrette'' took part in training exercises until 10 November, when she put to sea with Task Force 50 (TF 50), for air raids on Japanese bases in the Marshalls. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FH-1
The McDonnell FH Phantom is a twinjet fighter aircraft designed and first flown during World War II for the United States Navy. The Phantom was the first purely jet-powered aircraft to land on an American aircraft carrier and the first jet deployed by the United States Marine Corps. Although only 62 FH-1s had been built by the end of the war it helped prove the viability of carrier-based jet fighters. As McDonnell's first successful fighter, it led to the development of the follow-on F2H Banshee, which was one of the two most important naval jet fighters of the Korean War; combined, the two established McDonnell as an important supplier of navy aircraft. McDonnell chose to bring the name back with the Mach 2–class McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II, the most versatile and widely used western combat aircraft of the Vietnam War era. The FH Phantom was originally designated the FD Phantom, but this was changed as the aircraft entered production. Design and development In early 194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saipan-class Aircraft Carrier
The ''Saipan''-class aircraft carriers were a class of two light carriers and built for the United States Navy during World War II. Like the nine light carriers, they were based on cruiser hulls. However, they differed from the earlier light carriers in that they were built from the keel up as carriers, and were based on heavy rather than light cruiser hulls. Completed too late for the war, they served as carriers until the mid-1950s, then were converted into a command ship (''Wright'') and a major communications relay ship (''Saipan'') in the late 1950s, and served in those roles until 1970. They were both scrapped in 1980. Origins and design Intended to offset expected wartime losses of the smaller light carriers, the two ships of the ''Saipan'' class were designed from the keel up as aircraft carriers, with many improvements based on experience with the ''Independence'' class. The ''Saipan'' class was based on the hull and machinery of the 13,600-ton heavy cruiser h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independence-class Aircraft Carrier
The ''Independence''-class aircraft carriers were a class of light carriers built for the United States Navy that served during World War II. Development Adapted from the design for the light cruisers, this class of ship resulted from the interest of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in naval air power. With war looming, Roosevelt, a former Assistant Secretary of the Navy, noted no new fleet aircraft carriers were expected to be completed before 1944. He proposed to convert some of the many cruisers then under construction to carriers. Studies of cruiser-size aircraft carriers had shown the type had serious limitations, and on 13 October 1941, the General Board of the United States Navy replied that such a conversion showed too many compromises to be effective. Undeterred, President Roosevelt ordered another study. On 25 October 1941, the Navy's Bureau of Ships reported that aircraft carriers converted from cruiser hulls would be of lesser capability, but available much sooner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SCB-27
SCB-27 (also known as "Two Seven-Alpha" or "Two Seven-Charlie") was the United States Navy designation for a series of upgrades to the s (both the short-hull and long-hull ''Ticonderoga'' versions), conducted between 1947 and 1955. These upgrades were intended to allow the World War II-era carriers to operate jet aircraft. , laid up incomplete at the conclusion of World War II, served as the prototype and was re-ordered to the SCB-27 standard. All of the SCB-27 modernized ''Essex'' carriers, but the , were further modified under the SCB-125 modernization program. Modifications Officially, Ship Characteristics Board Program 27 proper referred to the completion of , left unfinished at war's end, to a heavily revised design; reconstructions of earlier ships were programs SCB-27A and 27C. The SCB-27 modernization was very extensive, requiring some two years for each carrier. To handle the much heavier, faster aircraft of the early jet-era, the flight deck structure was significantl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Essex-class Aircraft Carrier
The ''Essex'' class was a class of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy. The 20th century's most numerous class of capital ship, the class consisted of 24 vessels, which came in "short-hull" and "long-hull" versions. Thirty-two ships were ordered, but as World War II wound down, six were canceled before construction, and two were canceled after construction had begun. Fourteen saw combat during World War II. None were lost to enemy action, though several sustained crippling damage. ''Essex''-class carriers were the backbone of the U.S. Navy from mid-1943 and, with the three carriers added just after the war, continued to be the heart of U.S. naval strength until supercarriers joined the fleet in the 1960s and 1970s. Several of the carriers were rebuilt to handle heavier and faster aircraft of the early jet age, and some served until well after the Vietnam War. Overview The preceding s and the designers' list of trade-offs and limitations forced by arms control treaty obl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radar Picket Ship
A radar picket is a radar-equipped station, ship, submarine, aircraft, or vehicle used to increase the radar detection range around a nation or military (including naval) force to protect it from surprise attack, typically air attack, or from criminal activities such as smuggling. By definition a radar picket must be some distance removed from the anticipated targets to be capable of providing ''early warning''. Often several detached radar units would be placed to encircle a target to provide increased cover in all directions; another approach is to position units to form a ''barrier line''. Radar picket units may also be equipped to direct friendly aircraft to intercept any possible enemy. In British terminology the radar picket function is called aircraft direction. Airborne radar pickets are generally referred to as airborne early warning (AEW). In a sense radars intended to track ballistic missiles can be thought of as radar pickets, but because such systems are also used f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Saipan (CVL-48)
The first USS ''Saipan'' (CVL-48/AVT-6/CC-3) was a light aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, the lead ship of her class of carrier. She was later selected for conversion into a command ship in 1963–1964, but instead of becoming a command ship she was converted to the Major Communications Relay Ship ''Arlington'' (AGMR-2) in 1965. ''Saipan'' was laid down on 10 July 1944 by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey, launched on 8 July 1945, sponsored by Mrs. John W. McCormack, and commissioned on 14 July 1946, Capt. John G. Crommelin in command. Service history Commissioned Commissioned 11 months after the close of World War II, ''Saipan'' trained student pilots out of Pensacola, Florida, from September 1946 to April 1947 when, reassigned to Norfolk, Virginia, as homeport, she departed the Gulf of Mexico; participated in exercises in the Caribbean; then proceeded to Philadelphia for overhaul. In November, she returned to Pensacola; but, in late Decemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Massey
USS ''Massey'' (DD-778), an , was a United States Navy ship that served between 1944 and 1973. Construction ''Massey'' (DD-778) was laid down on 14 January 1944 by Todd‑Pacific Shipyards, Inc., Seattle, Washington; and launched on 12 September 1944 and sponsored by Mrs. Marjorie Drake Massey, widow of Lieutenant Commander Lance E. Massey. The destroyer was commissioned on 24 November 1944, Commander Charles W. Aldrich in command. Namesake Lance Edward "Lem" Massey was born on 20 September 1909 in Syracuse, New York, and was the only child of Walter Griffith Massey and Florence Lance Massey. Growing up in Watertown, New York, he attended two years of high school in Watertown, and then entered Severn School in Severna Park, Maryland, in 1925. After graduating from Severn in 1926, he was accepted into the U.S. Naval Academy when he was sixteen. After graduating from the Naval Academy in 1930, he was commissioned as an ensign, and he was ordered to the battleship . After servin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Zellars
USS ''Zellars'' (DD-777), was an that served in the United States Navy. Namesake Thomas Edward Zellars was born on 11 August 1898 in Grantville, Georgia. He was appointed a midshipman at the United States Naval Academy on 13 June 1917 and graduated on 3 June 1920, a year early as the result of the wartime shortening of the Academy's course of instruction. On 9 July 1920, he reported for duty on the and rose to the rank of Lieutenant (junior grade) and attained the position of turret commander in ''Mississippi''s 14-inch Turret II. On 12 June 1924, while the ship was engaged in gunnery practice off San Pedro, California, an explosion and fire engulfed his turret. Zellars and 47 others were asphyxiated almost immediately, but not before he turned on the flood valve that extinguished a burning powder train, an act that likely saved the ship and many of his shipmates from destruction. Construction and commissioning ''Zellars'' was laid down on 24 December 1943 at Seattle, Washingto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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