Place | South America: Falkland Islands |
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Accession Number | 302701 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Paper (Fibre-based), Silver Gelatin |
Physical description | Paper (Fibre-based), Silver Gelatin |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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1944-02-25. AERIAL PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE LIGHT CRUISER USS PHOENIX (CL-46). WARTIME MODIFICATIONS ...
Description
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 ADJACENT TO NO 4 TURRET. A LARGE SK-1 AIR SEARCH RADAR IS CARRIED AT THE HEAD OF THE FOREMAST WITH SG SURFACE SEARCH ANTENNA ON THE TOP MAST ABOVE. THE 6 INCH GUN DIRECTOR FORWARD HAS MARK 8 FIRE CONTROL RADAR BUT THE AFTER 6 INCH DIRECTOR MUST MAKE DO WITH THE OLDER MARK 3. MARK 4 FIRE CONTROL RADAR IS FITTED TO THE SECONDARY ARMAMENT DIRECTORS. NOTE THE CURTISS SOC SEAGULL AIRCRAFT RESTING ON THE CATAPULTS AFT. THE PHOENIX WAS SUNK IN THE COURSE OF THE FALKLANDS WAR AS THE GENERAL BELGRANO. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)