pascalemod wrote:
Is there a good info on radars that Washington carried in its North Atlantic mid 1942 fit? BEFORE moving to Pacific basically. What difference was vs Guadalcanal, in other way of asking.
The mid-1942 radar package included (see the picture below):
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- One CXAM-1 air search radar on a top of the foremast
- Two Mark 3 Mod. 1 fire control radars on a top of both Mark 38 directors
- Three Mark 4 fire control radars on a top of the forward, port and starboard Mark 37 directors
The following modifications were done in 8/1942, before BB-56 sailed to the the Pacific:
- One SG surface search radar was installed on a front side of the superstructure tower
- The fourth Mark 4 FCR was placed on a top of the aft Mark 37 director
The next alternations were done in 7/1943 and are depicted on
this picture:
- The CXAM-1 was replaced by the SK air search radar
- The SG radar was moved on a top of the foremast
- The forward Mark 3 Mod. 1 FCR was replaced by the Mod. 0 variant
- The aft Mark 3 Mod. 1 FCR was replaced by the Mark 8 FCR
During the spring-1944 repairs following the collision with USS Indiana, the radar package was
modified again:
- The forward Mark 3 Mod. 0 FCR was replaced by the Mark 8 FCR
- The second SG surface search radar was placed on a top of the mainmast
- The Mark 27 FCR was placed just above a top of the conning tower
Before the end of the 1944, the Mark 4 FCRs were switched to the Mark 12/22s
The final alterations were done between 6/1945 and 9/1945 and can be seen
here:
- The forward Mark 8 FCR was replaced by the Mark 13 FCR
- The SR air search radar was placed on a top of the mainmast