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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 40 MM BOFORS AA GUNS ARE VISIBLE ABREAST THE FORWARD AND AFTER SUPERSTRUCTURES. THE LARGE ANTENNA ON THE FOREMAST IS AN SK-1 AIR SEARCH RADAR. THE SMALL ANTENNA ABOVE IT IS FOR AN SG SURFACE SEARCH SET. ANOTHER SG IS CARRIED ON THE MAINMAST. FIRE CONTROL RADARS FITTED ARE MARK 8 ON THE FORWARD MAIN ARMAMENT DIRECTOR WITH AN OLDER MARK 3 ON THE AFTER DIRECTOR AND MARK 4'S ON THE TWO SECONDARY DIRECTORS. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
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 IT HAS BEEN REPLACED BY THE 5
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 THE CXAM AIR SEARCH RADAR ON THE MAINMAST HAS BEEN REPLACED BY AN SK-1 ANTENNA ON THE DIRE
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
1944-02-25. AERIAL PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE LIGHT CRUISER USS PHOENIX (CL-46). WARTIME MODIFICATIONS EVIDENT INCLUDE THE ADDITION OF 40 MM BOFORS AA GUNS ABREAST THE FORWARD AND AFTER SUPERSTUCTURE AND A
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
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
