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RADAR - Air and Surface Search Late 1938 to 1945 |
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RADAR - Air and Surface Search Late 1938 to 1945 |
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While the capability of today's US Navy radar has left TEXAS radar in the past, the fundamental principal in 1939 is still the same that being a burst of energy is transmitted (in the case of TEXAS radio and microwave). When the energy strikes an object, some of the energy is reflected back and and electronically displayed. CXZ and CXAM-1 information provided by RCA via 1947 RCA document "How Radar Came Into Being". Radar for gun fire control is not addressed here. RADAR EQUIPMENT LOCATIONS: As of 15 October1944
RADAR UNITS ABOARD.. A - Air search .S - Surface search |
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Type |
Install |
Remove |
A |
S |
Frequency (mhz) |
Maker |
Equipment Location |
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CXZ |
Late 1938 - Jan 1939 |
1st qtr 1939 |
X |
. |
400 |
RCA |
Main deck - on wheels |
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CXAM-1 |
Oct 1941 |
Aug- 1942 |
X |
. |
200 |
RCA |
Signal Bridge |
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SC-1 |
Aug- 1942 |
Feb 1944 |
X |
. |
200 |
General Electric |
Signal Bridge and Navigation Bridge Radio Rm Radar Plot-summer 1943 (renamed CIC) |
| Below is the final configuration, after February 1944. The antennas would undergo a final location during a mid Sep - mid Oct 1944 New York Navy Yard period. |
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G |
1st unit - 1st qtr 1943 2nd unit summer 1943 |
1st unit removed >Feb 1946 & <Mar 1948 |
X |
3000 |
Raytheon |
1st unit: Navigation Bridge Radio Rm Radar Plot (renamed CIC)- summer 1943 2ND unit: Radar Room, 2nd deck - summer 1943 |
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SK |
summer 1943 |
. |
X |
. |
200 |
General Electric |
Radar Room - 2nd deck |
