Image:CV-16 1944 radar arrangement NAN3-46.jpg

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Description

A picture of the antenna arrangement on the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-16) in 1944/45. Following antennae can be identified:
1-3 , 5-9, 11, 14, 16-20, 24, 25, 28, 29: various radio communication aerials;
4: Mk 4 fire control radar on Mk 37 director;
10: SM radar;
11: SO IFF antenna on the SM radar;
12: CPN-6 radar beacon;
13: SG surface-search radar;
15: YE homing beacon;
21: SK-1 air-search radar with BT-5 IFF;
22: homing beacon;
23: SC radar with BT-5 IFF;
26: ABK-7 identification radar.
Four Grumman F6F Hellcat fighters fly over Lexington.
Source

U.S. Navy Naval Aviation News March 1946 [1]
Date

1944/45
Author

USN
Permission
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Public domain This image is a work of a sailor or employee of the U.S. Navy, taken or made during the course of the person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.

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