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AERIAL PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE DESTROYER USS EVERETT F LARSON (DD-830). AN SPS-6 HEIGHT FINDING RADAR IS FITTED ON THE AFTER SUPERSTRUCTURE INDICATING THAT THE SHIP IS FITTED FOR RADAR PICKET DUTIES. TWO TWIN 3 INCH/50 AA GUNS ARE MOUNTED BETWEEN THE FUNNELS WITH A THIRD AFT. NOTE THE HEDGEHOG ANTI SUBMARINE MORTARS SITED ON THE SHELTER DECK. SPS-6 AIR SEARCH RADAR IS CARRIED ON THE FOREMAST WITH SPS-10 SURFACE SEARCH RADAR ON THE TOPMAST ABOVE IT. MARK 25 FIRE CONTROL RADAR IS FITTED TO THE MARK 37 DIRECTOR. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
AERIAL PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE DESTROYER USS HANSON (DD-832). THE SPS-8 HEIGHT FINDING RADAR AERIAL ON THE AFTER SUPERSTUCTURE IDENTIFIES HER AS A RADAR PICKET CONVERSION. SPS-6 AIR SEARCH RADAR IS FITT
PORT BOW VIEW OF THE RADAR PICKET DESTROYER USS ROGERS (DDR-876). SHE IS IDENTIFIABLE AS SUCH BY THE LARGE SPS-8 HEIGHT FINDING RADAR ABAFT HER FUNNEL. SHE ALSO CARRIES SPS-10 SURFACE SEARCH RADAR AT
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
SYDNEY, NSW. C.1947. STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE DESTROYER USS ALLEN M SUMNER (DD-692). SHE RETAINS HER WORLD WAR 2 ARMAMENT AND SENSORS. A QUADRUPLE 40 MM BOFORS AA MOUNTING IS FITTED ON THE AFTER SUP
PORT MELBOURNE, VIC. 1947-05-20. STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE LIGHT CRUISER USS DULUTH (CL-87). MUCH OF HER WARTIME CLOSE RANGE ARMAMENT HAS BEEN LANDED. NOTE THE SK-2 AIR SEARCH RADAR ON THE FOREMAST A
Port bow view of the Gearing class destroyer USS Theodore E Chandler (DD-717). She is shown in typical mid 1950s configuration for her class. All 40 mm and 20 mm AA guns have been replaced by two twin
