Naval Firepower: Battleship Guns and Gunnery in the Dreadnought Era by Friedman Norman

Author:Friedman, Norman [Friedman, Norman]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub, mobi
Tags: HISTORY / Military / Naval
ISBN: 9781844681761
Publisher: Seaforth Publishing
Published: 2013-08-19T16:00:00+00:00

In 1942 drastic modifications were ordered to clear air arcs in existing cruisers. For the Salt Lake City class that meant greatly reducing top-hamper, in the form of the multi-level fire-control top forward. To do that, the director was enclosed and the spotting glass formerly carried separately was integrated with it (as evident in the shape of the shield). Note the port for the control officer between the ears of the spotting glass. The former spotting or control level below the director was reduced to a lookout position. However, the after main-battery director, which had been relocated to a position just forward of No 3 turret, was not covered, and it suffered from blast. Plans called for replacement of both directors with enclosed Mk 34s, to solve the blast problem, but in April 1945 that idea was suddenly dropped due to topweight considerations. USS Salt Lake City is shown at Mare Island Navy Yard, 21 June 1944, her director surmounted by a Mk 3 fire-control radar. The larger antenna is for an SK surface-search set.

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