Place | Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney |
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Accession Number | 302647 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | 6x8", Paper (Fibre-based), Silver Gelatin |
Physical description | 6x8", Paper (Fibre-based), Silver Gelatin |
Maker |
Royal Australian Navy |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
SYDNEY, NSW. C.1947. STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE DESTROYER USS ALLEN M SUMNER (DD-692). SHE ...
Description
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 SUPERSTRUCTURE IN PLACE OF THE TORPEDO TUBES ORIGINALLY CARRIED, A MODIFICATION CARRIED OUT IN RESPONSE TO THE KAMIKAZE MENACE IN 1945. SC-4 RADAR IS MOUNTED AT THE HEAD OF THE FOREMAST WITH SG RADAR JUST BELOW. A MARK 12/MARK 22 FIRE CONTROL/HEIGHT FINDING RADAR COMBINATION IS MOUNTED ON THE MARK 37 DIRECTOR. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)