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PORT BROADSIDE VIEW OF THE CRUISER USS CHICAGO (CA-29) AS SHE APPEARED PREWAR. ONLY FOUR 5 INCH/25 AA GUNS ARE MOUNTED. THE MARK 24 DIRECTOR FOR THE 8 INCH/55 GUNS IS AT THE HEAD OF THE FOREMAST WITH THE FIRE CONTROL CONTROL STATION IMMEDIATELY BELOW. A 12 FOOT RANGE FINDER IS SITED ABOVE THE BRIDGE. THERE IS A SECONDARY FIRE CONTROL POSITION ABAFT THE SECOND FUNNEL. NOTE THE SEARCHLIGHTS ON THE MAINMAST. A CONTROL POSITION FOR THEM AND THE TORPEDO TUBES WAS SITUATED IN THE DECKHOUSE BENEATH THE MAST. NOTE THE CATAPULT AMIDSHIPS. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE CRUISER USS HOUSTON (CA-30) AS SHE APPEARED BEFORE WORLD WAR 2. THE MARK 24 DIRECTOR FOR THE 8 INCH/55 GUNS IS AT THE HEAD OF THE FOREMAST WITH THE FIRE CONTROL CONTROL STATION I
1945. PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE BATTLESHIP USS MARYLAND (BB-46). NOTE THE CONCENTRATIONS OF 20 MM OERLIKON AA GUNS BETWEEN THE FUNNELS AND ON NO 3 16 INCH GUN TURRET. MARK 3 FIRE CONTROL RADAR IS FITTED O
STARBOARD BROADSIDE VIEW OF THE DESTROYER USS STEINAKER (DD-863). AS AN ANTI KAMIKAZE MEASURE AN EXTRA QUADRUPLE 40 MM BOFORS AA MOUNTING HAS BEEN ADDED ON THE AFTER DECKHOUSE, REPLACING A BANK OF TOR
1945. AERIAL PORT BOW VIEW OF THE BATTLESHIP HMS KING GEORGE V. HER 14 INCH MAIN ARMAMENT IS CONTROLLED BY THE DIRECTOR CONTROL TOWER WITH ITS TYPE 274 FIRE CONTROL RADAR SITED BEHIND THE BRIDGE. ABOV
1945. PORT BOW VIEW OF THE LARGE CRUISER USS ALASKA (CB-1). NOTE THE QUADRUPLE 40 MM BOFORS MARK 2 MOUNTING WITH ITS MARK 51 DIRECTOR IN THE BOWS. STEPPED UP FROM NO 1 12 INCH/50 TRIPLE GUN TURRET ARE
DEVONPORT, ENGLAND. STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE CRUISER HMS GALATEA AS COMPLETED. SHE HAS SINGLE 4 INCH MARK V HA GUNS GROUPED AROUND THE MAINMAST AND A STUMP DERRICK MAST TO HANDLE AN AIRCRAFT THAT WA
