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1944-04-29. AERIAL STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE BATTLESHIP USS IDAHO (BB-42). NOTE THE PLATED IN CASEMATES IN WHICH HER LOW ANGLE SECONDARY ARMAMENT WAS ORIGINALLY MOUNTED. IT HAS BEEN REPLACED BY THE 5 INCH/38 AA GUNS IN OPEN MOUNTINGS ON THE DECK ABOVE. QUADRUPLE 40 MM BOFORS AA GUNS ARE SITED NEAR NO 2 TURRET, BEFORE THE FORWARD SUPERSTRUCTURE, AMIDSHIPS AND NEAR NO 3 TURRET. 20 MM OERLIKON AA GUNS ARE FITTED ON THE FORECASTLE, ABREAST THE CONNING TOWER, IN THE SUPERSTRUCTURE AND IN SQUARE TUBS ALONG THE SHIP'S SIDE. MARK 3 FIRE CONTROL RADAR IS CARRIED ON THE MAIN ARMAMENT DIRECTORS ATOP THE FORWARD AND AFTER SUPERSTRUCURE. SG SURFACE SEARCH RADAR IS FITTED ON STUB MASTS PROTRUDING FROM THE FORWARD SUPERSTRUCTURE AND THE MAINMAST. THE MAINMAST ALSO SUPORTS AN SK-1 AIR SEARCH RADAR ANTENNA. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
1944-04-29. AERIAL STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE BATTLESHIP USS NEW MEXICO (BB-40). SHE RETAINS THE 5 INCH/51 LOW ANGLE GUNS OF HER ORIGINAL SECONDARY BATTERY. EIGHT 5 INCH/38 DUAL PURPOSE GUNS HAVE BEEN
SYDNEY, NSW. PORT BOW VIEW OF THE CRUISER USS NASHVILLE (CL-43). THE GUN TUBS AT MAIN DECK LEVEL ARE FOR HER 5 INCH/25 SECONDARY ARMAMENT. A 20 MM OERLIKON AA GUN IS MOUNTED ON THE BOW AND QUADRUPLE 4
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
AERIAL STARBOARD BOW VIEW OF THE CRUISER USS INDIANAPOLIS (CA-35) SHOWING MODIFICATIONS MADE DURING WORLD WAR 2. A TRIPOD MAINMAST, UPON WHICH IS MOUNTED AN SK-1 AIR SEARCH RADAR AND A STUB MAST WITH
AERIAL PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE BATTLESHIP USS INDIANA (BB-58). NOTE THE LARGE SK-1 AIR SEARCH RADAR ON HER FOREMAST. MARK 8 FIRE CONTROL RADAR IS FITTED ON BOTH MAIN DIRECTORS. THEY ARE AUGMENTED BY A M
1944-04-29. AERIAL STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE BATTLESHIP USS PENNSYLVANIA (BB-38) WITH MID-WAR MODIFICATIONS. THE CXAM AIR SEARCH RADAR ON THE MAINMAST HAS BEEN REPLACED BY AN SK-1 ANTENNA ON THE DIRE
