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I wish to collect all the various United States Navy Gun Directors/Predictors/Rangefinders that were used on the various ships and ship classes.
Currently I only gathered a few, but any help is appreciated!
The list:
??ft Mark 1 (Wyoming class) Main Battery Director (Turret sights on Delaware Class)
??ft Mark 2 (New York class onwards) Main Battery Director
??ft Mark 3 (Florida, Michigan, South Carolina classes) Turret Roof Periscope
??ft Mark 4 (USS California and on Tennessee class) Main Battery Director and Turret Roof Periscope or Rangefinder
??ft Mark 5 ???
??ft Mark 6 Main Battery Director on Omaha class and Secondary Battery Director on Battleships
??ft Mark 7 (Mississippi, South Carolina, Delaware and Tennessee classes) Secondary Battery Director on Battleships
??ft Mark 8 (Caldwell, Clemson and Wickes class) Main Battery Director on Destroyers
??ft Mark 9 (Utah and later for California) Main Battery Director
??ft Mark 10 (California class? Tennessee Class?) Main Battery Director
??ft Mark 11 (Colorado, class) Main Battery Director for Colorado (Maybe 20ft base length?)
??ft Mark 12 (Colorado class) Conning Tower Periscope Director
??ft Mark 13 (Maryland and West Virginia) Main Battery Director
??ft Mark 14 (Colorado and Maryland) Turret Periscope
??ft Mark 15 (Colorado class) Auxiliary (Secondary?) Gun Battery Director/Transmitter
??ft Mark 16 (Colorado class) Secondary, Omaha class Main Gun Battery Director
??ft Mark 17 ???
??ft Mark 18 (Pensacola class, Lexington class) Main Battery Director
15ft Mark 19 (Cruiser and Battleship Classes) Heavy AA director (Earlier version had shorter base length maybe?)
20ft Mark 20 (Used on Modernized Battleships) Main Battery Director / Modernized Mark 11?
??ft Mark 21 (Used on Modernized Battleships) Conning Tower Periscope Director / Modernized Mark 12?
??ft Mark 22 (Pensacola class) Stable Vertical Director???
??ft Mark 23 (Nevada and Pennsylvania classes) Turret Periscope / Modernized Mark 14?
??ft Mark 24 (Northampton class) Main Battery Director
??ft Mark 25 ???
??ft Mark 26 Experimental Stable Vertical Director???
??ft Mark 27 (Portland class) Main Battery Director
15ft Mark 28 (Now Orleans class (first 5) and Mississippi class) Heavy AA director
??ft Mark 29 (Portland class) Stable Vertical Director???
??ft Mark 30 (New Orleans, Northampton, Brooklyn, St. Louis classes maybe Wichita) Stable Vertical Director???
9ft Mark 31 (New Orleans, Brooklyn and Mississippi classes) Main Battery Director in Cruisers, Secondary Battery Director in Battleships
??ft Mark 32 (New York, Nevada and Pennsylvania classes and Colorado and West Virginia) Stable Vertical Director???
15ft Mark 33 (Destroyers Farragut to Benham) (On cruisers and Carriers as AA) Main/Heavy AA Battery Director, Radar addons: Mark 4, Mark 25
18ft Mark 34 (Cruisers of the 1930's) Main Battery Director, Radar addons: Mark 8, Mark 13
12ft Mark 35 (Porter and Somers class) Main Battery Director
??ft Mark 36 (Erie class) Main Battery Director
15ft Mark 37 (Porter and Somers class as refitted and Sims onward) Main/Heavy AA Battery Director, Radar addons: Mark 4, Mark 12+22, Mark 25, Maybe Mark 28
26,5ft Mark 38 (South Dakota II class onward) Main Battery Director, Radar addons: Mark 3, Mark 13
??ft Mark 39 (Omaha class and Vincennes and Utah) Experimental Heavy AA Director
15ft Mark 40 (North Carolina and Iowa classes) Conning Tower Director
??ft Mark 41 Stable Vertical Director???
??ft Mark 42 ???
??ft Mark 43 Stable Vertical Director???
Mark 44 1,1" AA Gun Director
Mark 45 1,1" AA Gun Director, Radar addons: Mark 9
Mark 46 1,1" / 40mm AA Gun Director
Mark 47 1,1" AA Gun Director (Based on the Mark 39???) Developed into the Mark 50
Mark 48 Light AA Gun Director, Based on Mark 28,33,37
Mark 49 1,1" / 40mm AA Gun Director, (Smaller Size Mark 45) Radar addons: Mark 11, Mark 19
Mark 50 1,1" / 40mm / 3" / 5" AA Gun Director, Radar addons: Mark 10
Mark 51 40mm / 3" AA Gun Director, Radar addons: Mark 10, Mark 14
Mark 52 40mm / 3" AA Gun Director, (Improved Mark 51) Radar addons: Mark 26
Mark 53 (Small ASW Ships) Modified Mark 49 for 3" and 5" guns
26,5ft Mark 54 (Des Moines class) Main Battery Director, Radar addons: Mark 13
??ft Mark 55 (Fargo class) Conning Tower Director? (Modified Mark 40, Based on ship drawing it is a 3,6-4ft one)
Mark 56 3" AA Director / Gun Fire Control System with SPG-35 Radar
Mark 57 40mm / 3" / 5" AA Gun Director, Radar addons: Mark 34
Mark 58 40mm / 3" / 5" AA Gun Director, (Based on Mark 51,52) Radar addons: Unknown
Mark 59 40mm / 3" / 5" AA Gun Director (Improved Mark 57)
Mark 60 40mm Director, Radar addons: Unknown
Mark 61 40mm / 3" / 5" AA Gun Director (Improved Mark 57)
Mark 62 40mm / 3" / 5" AA Gun Director (Improved/Modified Mark 57)
Mark 63 40mm / 3" AA Director / Gun Fire Control System with SPG-34 Radar
Mark 64 3" on Mount Gun Director/Radar, it became the GUNAR with SPG-34 Radar
Mark 65 General Naval AA Fire Control Problem, became the TEWA (Threat Evaluator and Weapon Assigner)
??ft Mark 66 ???
15ft Mark 67 (United States, Mitscher? class and USS Northampton) Heavy AA Battery Director / Gun Fire Control System, Radar addons: Mark 25
11ft Mark 68 (Mitscher? class onward and Knox, Belknap classes) Director / Gun Fire Control System with SPG-53 Radar
Mark 69 3" on Mount Gun Director/Radar / GUNAR with SPG-48 Radar
Mark 70 40mm / 3" AA Director / Gun Fire Control System (Improved/Modified Mark 63) with SPG-52 Radar
Mark 71 (Boston and Canberra Classes) Missile Fire Control System with Mark 25 later SPQ-5 radar
Mark 72 (USS Gyatt) Guna nad Missile Fire Control System with Mark 25 radar
Mark 73 Terrier Missile Fire Control System with SPQ-5 radar
Mark 74 Tartar Missile Fire Control System with SPG-51 radar
Mark 75 (Auxiliaries and Armed Merchant Ships) 3" AA Director / Gun Fire Control System (Simplified Mark 56)
Mark 76 Terrier Missile Fire Control System with SPG-55 radar
Mark 77 Talos Missile Fire Control System with SPG-49 radar later proposed SPG-61
Mark 78 Tartar Missile Fire Control System with SPG-57 radar
Mark 79 Talos Missile Fire Control System with SPG-56 radar
Mark 80 ???
Mark 81 Typhon Missile Fire Control System with SPG-59 radar
Mark 82 Typhon Missile Fire Control System with SPG-59 radar (Frigate Size)
Mark 83 Talos Missile Fire Control System with SPG-51E radar
Mark 84 (Lafayette class) Polaris Missile Fire Control System
Mark 85 (Cruisers) Polaris Missile Fire Control System
Mark 86 (Spruance, Virginia, California, Ticonderoga classes) Gun Fire Control System with SPQ-9 and SPG-60 Radar
Mark 87 (Asheville class) Gun Fire Control System (Dutch M22)
Mark 88 (Lafayette class) Poseidon Missile Fire Control System
Mark 89 Poseidon Missile Fire Control System, land based
Mark 90 Phalanx Gun Fire Control System
Mark 91 Sea Sparrow Missile Fire Control System
Mark 92 (Perry class) Fire Control System
Mark 93 EX-93 Gun Fire Control System
Mark 94 (PHM Type) Fire Control System (Dutch WM28)
Mark 95-97 ???
Mark 98 Trident Missile Fire Control System
Mark 99 AEGIS Missile Fire Control System
21ft Mark ?? (On South Dakota I class 1920)
Currently I only gathered a few, but any help is appreciated!
The list:
??ft Mark 1 (Wyoming class) Main Battery Director (Turret sights on Delaware Class)
??ft Mark 2 (New York class onwards) Main Battery Director
??ft Mark 3 (Florida, Michigan, South Carolina classes) Turret Roof Periscope
??ft Mark 4 (USS California and on Tennessee class) Main Battery Director and Turret Roof Periscope or Rangefinder
??ft Mark 5 ???
??ft Mark 6 Main Battery Director on Omaha class and Secondary Battery Director on Battleships
??ft Mark 7 (Mississippi, South Carolina, Delaware and Tennessee classes) Secondary Battery Director on Battleships
??ft Mark 8 (Caldwell, Clemson and Wickes class) Main Battery Director on Destroyers
??ft Mark 9 (Utah and later for California) Main Battery Director
??ft Mark 10 (California class? Tennessee Class?) Main Battery Director
??ft Mark 11 (Colorado, class) Main Battery Director for Colorado (Maybe 20ft base length?)
??ft Mark 12 (Colorado class) Conning Tower Periscope Director
??ft Mark 13 (Maryland and West Virginia) Main Battery Director
??ft Mark 14 (Colorado and Maryland) Turret Periscope
??ft Mark 15 (Colorado class) Auxiliary (Secondary?) Gun Battery Director/Transmitter
??ft Mark 16 (Colorado class) Secondary, Omaha class Main Gun Battery Director
??ft Mark 17 ???
??ft Mark 18 (Pensacola class, Lexington class) Main Battery Director
15ft Mark 19 (Cruiser and Battleship Classes) Heavy AA director (Earlier version had shorter base length maybe?)
20ft Mark 20 (Used on Modernized Battleships) Main Battery Director / Modernized Mark 11?
??ft Mark 21 (Used on Modernized Battleships) Conning Tower Periscope Director / Modernized Mark 12?
??ft Mark 22 (Pensacola class) Stable Vertical Director???
??ft Mark 23 (Nevada and Pennsylvania classes) Turret Periscope / Modernized Mark 14?
??ft Mark 24 (Northampton class) Main Battery Director
??ft Mark 25 ???
??ft Mark 26 Experimental Stable Vertical Director???
??ft Mark 27 (Portland class) Main Battery Director
15ft Mark 28 (Now Orleans class (first 5) and Mississippi class) Heavy AA director
??ft Mark 29 (Portland class) Stable Vertical Director???
??ft Mark 30 (New Orleans, Northampton, Brooklyn, St. Louis classes maybe Wichita) Stable Vertical Director???
9ft Mark 31 (New Orleans, Brooklyn and Mississippi classes) Main Battery Director in Cruisers, Secondary Battery Director in Battleships
??ft Mark 32 (New York, Nevada and Pennsylvania classes and Colorado and West Virginia) Stable Vertical Director???
15ft Mark 33 (Destroyers Farragut to Benham) (On cruisers and Carriers as AA) Main/Heavy AA Battery Director, Radar addons: Mark 4, Mark 25
18ft Mark 34 (Cruisers of the 1930's) Main Battery Director, Radar addons: Mark 8, Mark 13
12ft Mark 35 (Porter and Somers class) Main Battery Director
??ft Mark 36 (Erie class) Main Battery Director
15ft Mark 37 (Porter and Somers class as refitted and Sims onward) Main/Heavy AA Battery Director, Radar addons: Mark 4, Mark 12+22, Mark 25, Maybe Mark 28
26,5ft Mark 38 (South Dakota II class onward) Main Battery Director, Radar addons: Mark 3, Mark 13
??ft Mark 39 (Omaha class and Vincennes and Utah) Experimental Heavy AA Director
15ft Mark 40 (North Carolina and Iowa classes) Conning Tower Director
??ft Mark 41 Stable Vertical Director???
??ft Mark 42 ???
??ft Mark 43 Stable Vertical Director???
Mark 44 1,1" AA Gun Director
Mark 45 1,1" AA Gun Director, Radar addons: Mark 9
Mark 46 1,1" / 40mm AA Gun Director
Mark 47 1,1" AA Gun Director (Based on the Mark 39???) Developed into the Mark 50
Mark 48 Light AA Gun Director, Based on Mark 28,33,37
Mark 49 1,1" / 40mm AA Gun Director, (Smaller Size Mark 45) Radar addons: Mark 11, Mark 19
Mark 50 1,1" / 40mm / 3" / 5" AA Gun Director, Radar addons: Mark 10
Mark 51 40mm / 3" AA Gun Director, Radar addons: Mark 10, Mark 14
Mark 52 40mm / 3" AA Gun Director, (Improved Mark 51) Radar addons: Mark 26
Mark 53 (Small ASW Ships) Modified Mark 49 for 3" and 5" guns
26,5ft Mark 54 (Des Moines class) Main Battery Director, Radar addons: Mark 13
??ft Mark 55 (Fargo class) Conning Tower Director? (Modified Mark 40, Based on ship drawing it is a 3,6-4ft one)
Mark 56 3" AA Director / Gun Fire Control System with SPG-35 Radar
Mark 57 40mm / 3" / 5" AA Gun Director, Radar addons: Mark 34
Mark 58 40mm / 3" / 5" AA Gun Director, (Based on Mark 51,52) Radar addons: Unknown
Mark 59 40mm / 3" / 5" AA Gun Director (Improved Mark 57)
Mark 60 40mm Director, Radar addons: Unknown
Mark 61 40mm / 3" / 5" AA Gun Director (Improved Mark 57)
Mark 62 40mm / 3" / 5" AA Gun Director (Improved/Modified Mark 57)
Mark 63 40mm / 3" AA Director / Gun Fire Control System with SPG-34 Radar
Mark 64 3" on Mount Gun Director/Radar, it became the GUNAR with SPG-34 Radar
Mark 65 General Naval AA Fire Control Problem, became the TEWA (Threat Evaluator and Weapon Assigner)
??ft Mark 66 ???
15ft Mark 67 (United States, Mitscher? class and USS Northampton) Heavy AA Battery Director / Gun Fire Control System, Radar addons: Mark 25
11ft Mark 68 (Mitscher? class onward and Knox, Belknap classes) Director / Gun Fire Control System with SPG-53 Radar
Mark 69 3" on Mount Gun Director/Radar / GUNAR with SPG-48 Radar
Mark 70 40mm / 3" AA Director / Gun Fire Control System (Improved/Modified Mark 63) with SPG-52 Radar
Mark 71 (Boston and Canberra Classes) Missile Fire Control System with Mark 25 later SPQ-5 radar
Mark 72 (USS Gyatt) Guna nad Missile Fire Control System with Mark 25 radar
Mark 73 Terrier Missile Fire Control System with SPQ-5 radar
Mark 74 Tartar Missile Fire Control System with SPG-51 radar
Mark 75 (Auxiliaries and Armed Merchant Ships) 3" AA Director / Gun Fire Control System (Simplified Mark 56)
Mark 76 Terrier Missile Fire Control System with SPG-55 radar
Mark 77 Talos Missile Fire Control System with SPG-49 radar later proposed SPG-61
Mark 78 Tartar Missile Fire Control System with SPG-57 radar
Mark 79 Talos Missile Fire Control System with SPG-56 radar
Mark 80 ???
Mark 81 Typhon Missile Fire Control System with SPG-59 radar
Mark 82 Typhon Missile Fire Control System with SPG-59 radar (Frigate Size)
Mark 83 Talos Missile Fire Control System with SPG-51E radar
Mark 84 (Lafayette class) Polaris Missile Fire Control System
Mark 85 (Cruisers) Polaris Missile Fire Control System
Mark 86 (Spruance, Virginia, California, Ticonderoga classes) Gun Fire Control System with SPQ-9 and SPG-60 Radar
Mark 87 (Asheville class) Gun Fire Control System (Dutch M22)
Mark 88 (Lafayette class) Poseidon Missile Fire Control System
Mark 89 Poseidon Missile Fire Control System, land based
Mark 90 Phalanx Gun Fire Control System
Mark 91 Sea Sparrow Missile Fire Control System
Mark 92 (Perry class) Fire Control System
Mark 93 EX-93 Gun Fire Control System
Mark 94 (PHM Type) Fire Control System (Dutch WM28)
Mark 95-97 ???
Mark 98 Trident Missile Fire Control System
Mark 99 AEGIS Missile Fire Control System
21ft Mark ?? (On South Dakota I class 1920)
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