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Photo #: NH 105858-A

Antenna of CXAM radar


Atop the foremast of USS Pensacola (CA-24), circa early August 1942.
The smaller antenna of an FC (or Mark 3) fire control radar is in the lower part of the image, mounted atop the ship's main battery gun director.
This image is cropped from Photo # NH 105858.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

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Image posted 15 June 2008