1944-02-25. AERIAL PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE LIGHT CRUISER USS PHOENIX (CL-46). WARTIME MODIFICATIONS ...

Place South America: Falkland Islands
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
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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)