1945. PORT BOW VIEW OF THE LARGE CRUISER USS ALASKA (CB-1). NOTE THE QUADRUPLE 40 MM BOFORS MARK ...

1945. PORT BOW VIEW OF THE LARGE CRUISER USS ALASKA (CB-1). NOTE THE QUADRUPLE 40 MM BOFORS MARK 2 MOUNTING WITH ITS MARK 51 DIRECTOR IN THE BOWS. STEPPED UP FROM NO 1 12 INCH/50 TRIPLE GUN TURRET ARE NO 2 TURRET, A TWIN 5 INCH/38 MARK 32 TURRET, A 40 MM MARK 2 MOUNTING AND A MARK 37 SECONDARY ARMAMENT DIRECTOR WITH A MARK 12/MARK 22 FIRE CONTROL/HEIGHT FINDING RADAR COMBINATION. NOTE THE MARK 38 MAIN ARMAMENT DIRECTOR WITH MARK 13 FIRE CONTROL RADAR ATOP THE FORWARD SUPERSTRUCTURE. A SIMILAR ARRANGEMENT CAN BE SEEN AFT ON THE TOWER IMMEDIATELY ABAFT THE FUNNEL. A SECOND MARK 37 DIRECTOR IS SITED JUST BELOW IT. NOTE THE LARGE SK-1 RADAR AERIAL ON THE MAST AT THE REAR OF THE BRIDGE TOWER AND THE SMALL SG RADAR ON THE MAST FITTED TO THE FORWARD PART OF THE FUNNEL. A CURTISS SC SEAHAWK RECONNAISSANCE FLOATPLANE RESTS ON THE CATAPULT AMIDSHIPS. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)