DOCSLIB.ORG

April 2010 Scuttlebutt Draft.Pub

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
April 2010 Scuttlebutt Draft.Pub Where History Comes Alive BATTLESHIP NORTH CAROLINA Aerial by Jim Brogan who flew over Scccuuuttttttlllebbbuuutttttt the Battleship in November 2009 April 2010 Past, Present and Future The Battleship NORTH CARO­ “hidden” ship is best done in International. (The event is LINA turns 69 on April 9th, the the winter when the steel hull sold out.) day of her commissioning in keeps the interior cool. Over in the Promotions De­ Firepower Program 1941. While her keel was On June 12 we will host our partment they are working on laid in October 1937 and she first Firepower Tour focusing a new design for the Battle­ Saturday, June 12th was launched in June 1940, on the guns and fire control ship’s website and a new bro­ it’s the commissioning date systems. Guests will enjoy in­ chure. We are also develop­ (Register by June 4th) that officially marked her depth presentations, lunch ing a visitor’s hand­out for our 10AM—5PM date into service in the U.S. and camaraderie and take Battleship guests. A documen­ Navy. She was beautiful and home an informative CD­Rom. tary film is in the works and Learn about and explore glamorous and they nick­ Details on the right. don’t forget to visit us on the Battleship’s 16-inch, named her the “Showboat.” The Programs Dept. is busy Facebook and Twitter! 5-inch, 40mm, and 20mm 69 years later she’s still look­ with rentals and planning the Along with other changes on guns, the fire control sys- ing good. Nolan Painting Easter Egg Hunt and the May the horizon we will have a tem (plot and FC tower) Company is painting her ex­ Fantail Film Festival. new format for Scuttlebutt that and combat information terior in Measure 32 camou­ The Easter Egg Hunt will fea­ is better designed for elec­ center flage again. When that is tronic transmission. completed, the anchor skid ture games, the fabled Easter Small group sizes plates can be re­installed on egg hunt, plus small petting Meanwhile, in this expanded the bow and new tour route zoo, pony rides, refreshments edition we asked for articles Lunch included for purchase, and Buddy the from our many knowledge­ signs will replace weather $95/$85 Friends member worn ones. Battleship Bunny! able volunteers who study This May’s Film Festival focus many aspects of BB55. They Call 910-251-5797 Volunteers and the living his­ are the corps for our histori­ tory crew continue to refur­ is on blockbuster hits. On Fri­ day evenings you can watch cal­related programming for For inquiries & registra- bish areas, such as the Bridge adults and children. They tion. Program limited to and Sick Bay. Even the brass a movie on the fantail for $2 study gunnery, engineering, 50 participants, ages 16 plates throughout the tour a person. This year we are showing the classics King daily life, ship’s history, and and older route are shiny now. (see more to help bring this ship to page 10) Kong and Wizard of Oz along with favorites Willy life. They also work on various The Visitor Center is being Wonka & the Chocolate Fac­ restoration projects. Each spruced up too. A new awn­ tory and Raiders of the Lost month our volunteers give at ing will be installed at the Ark. See page 9 for details. least 250 hours. In 2009, they entrance to make it more wel­ logged a whopping 3,663 coming. We are refurbishing The Battleship’s rental facili­ donated hours! the lobby to look more excit­ ties are available for meet­ ings, weddings, receptions, Another group of volunteers is ing and impressive. The Main­ the Board of the Friends of the tenance Dept. is almost fin­ birthday parties, and more. Spaces are the fantail, ma­ Battleship. Eleven people have ished renovating the visitor generously offered their time center exterior restrooms. rine compartment, mess decks and even the whole ship! At and talent to serve on this The Museum Department pre­ night various groups conduct board which will meet in the sented many programs this paranormal investigations. On near future. Stay tuned for past winter: three Hidden April 9th “Ghost Hunting with updates! Battleship tours, the new Dustin Pari” will be on the After 69 years the Battleship Power Plant Program, and we Battleship. He is on Ghost NORTH CAROLINA is in good hosted a special group from Hunters and Ghost Hunters stead. GE/Hitachi. Exploring the Scuttlebutt April 2010 Interesting Facts from Engineering As I was reading through the hand wheel controlled a series at 133 RPM for 22.5 minutes. “Main­Propulsion Turbines and of throttle valves through a ­ Half power was 4000 SHP Gears and Associated Con­ hydraulic control system. This is per turbine at 100 RPM for 1 denser Equipment” technical equivalent to the power steer­ hr and 15 min. manual, I jotted down some ing system on your car; there­ ­ The limiting factor was the interesting specifications and fore the hand wheel is easy to High Pressure (HP) turbine 1st realized that others may think turn. The astern throttle hand stage shell temperature which so too, so let’s start from the wheel is directly attached could not exceed 900F. beginning. mechanically to the single, Have you wondered why The Battleship’s turbines, re­ astern, globe valve. The main there are 13 sets of moving duction gears and condensers steam pressure is on top of a blades on the HP turbine, but were designed by General large valve poppet which only 12 stages? That’s be­ Electric (GE) but only the made it very difficult to open cause a “stage” is defined as equipment in Machinery therefore it requires a larger a pressure drop which only Space #4 was made by GE. wheel to get more leverage. happens in a nozzle. The 1st The propulsion equipment in It was so difficult to open that stage is the HP turbine is a machinery spaces 1, 2, and 3 if you look to the left and Curtis stage. This stage consists were built by the New York above the throttles in Machin­ of a nozzle and a stationary, Navy Yard. Our sister ship’s ery Space #4, you will see a redirection blade between (USS WASHINGTON) only GE small valve hand wheel. This two sets of moving blades. engine was in her Machinery Each of the follow­ Space #3 and was the mirror ing stages has a image of the BB55 main en­ nozzle diaphragm gine. preceding a single I have done a little research moving blade. into why GE didn’t make the Did you know that equipment for all four machin­ there is a sentinel ery spaces or let the shipyard valve on the cross­ to make all four and have not over piping be­ found anything conclusive. tween the HP and LP The only thing that I found was (Low Pressure) tur­ a theory from a mechanical bines that sounded engineer that was related to at 65PSIG (pound­ reliability. The theory is that if force per square one manufacturer made all inch gauge)? This the engines and something in is the bypass around the was an audible alarm to the the manufacturing process astern poppet valve. This throttle man that there was caused a failure, then this valve had to be opened first excess pressure in the cross­ failure could happen to all the to help equalize pressure over piping. It’s interesting engines. If one engine is made above and below the valve that this valve was plumbed to by another manufacturer, then which reduced the force re­ the bilge like a relief valve the worst case scenario is that quired to lift the valve from its where they were normally three engines fail and there is seat. open to the atmosphere where still one engine to get you they could be heard. Astern turbine operations back to port. If you have an­ Well, that’s some of the inter­ other theory of the actual When operating the astern esting facts I found on the first answer to this question, please turbines: two pages of the technical let me know. ­ Superheated steam had to manual. I will write more in the Next, let’s look at the throttles. be secured and the tempera­ future if I find anything of It never looked correct: the ture dropped to 675F within interest in the remaining 66 ahead throttle is the smaller four minutes. pages. ­ Max power was 8000 shaft handle and the larger is the Kirk Binning astern throttle. The ahead horsepower (SHP) per turbine, Page 2 Scuttlebutt April 2010 Keeping Secrets Throughout history the armies deciphered messages. On cure communications. of nations in conflict have tried BB55 this machine was located The strip­cipher was an im­ to protect their tactical and in the Code Room next to Ra­ provement because it allowed strategic plans from the en­ dio Central on first platform. for more opportunities to vary emy. This was never truer than (An example on loan from the the codes in use. The device during World War II when the National Cryptological Mu­ was metal with channels and opposing military organiza­ seum is on display.) The ECM came with a set of paper al­ tions had sophisticated eaves­ Mark II was operated solely phabet strips. The channels dropping and monitoring ca­ by officers. allowed the operator to pabilities to try to unravel the The second device that was change the specific code per secret codes of their enemy. available to BB55 was the line in use at any one time.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Title Catalogue of United States Naval Postgraduate School
    Author(s) Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.) Title Catalogue of United States Naval Postgraduate School. Academic Year 1952-1953 Publisher Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School Issue Date 1952 URL http://hdl.handle.net/10945/31707 This document was downloaded on May 22, 2013 at 14:34:29 i^tfr.Wk, &*t CAT A L O G U E UNITED STATES NAVAL PO^JOKADU)^^^^ MON TE R E Y --^" CALIF o¥fefe^ N A V P E R S 15 7 7 9 >^fSm 1952 - 195 UNITED STATES NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL CATALOGUE for the Academic Year 1952 -- 1953 MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA 1 JULY 1952 12NDP991 9536—NAVY—MI-DPP012ND 5-22-52—250O w Entrance to the Main Building, which houses the Administrative Offices and Bachelor Officers' Quarters of the U." S. Naval Postgraduate School. An aerial view of the School showing the interim laboratories in the foreground and the Naval Auxiliary Air Station in the upper background. U. S. NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL, TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION I U. S. NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL Page Page PART I—General Information PART II— Staff and Faculty 1. Military Staff 7 1. Historical 3 2. Civilian Faculty 9 2. The Postgraduate School 4 PART III 3. Components of the U. S. Naval Groups receiving entire postgraduate education Postgraduate School 4 at other institutions 11 4. Location and Facilities 5 PART IV 5. Student Housing 5 Curricula conducted in whole or in part away 6. Library Facilities 6 from the U. S. Naval Postgraduate School 15 SECTION II ENGINEERING SCHOOL OF THE U.
    [Show full text]
  • Characteristics of Naval Fire . Control Radar
    COPY~­ CO NFI oP 1895· CHARACTERISTICS OF ,. NAVAL FIRE .CONTROL RADAR • ~ r' -i8Nfi6ENtiAt• ABUREAU OF ORDNANCE PUBLICATION ~ OP 1895 CHARACTERISTICS OF NAVAL FIRE CONTROL RADAR 12 NOVEMBER 1954 DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY BUREAU OF ORDNANCE WASHINGTON 25, D. C. 12 November 1954 ORDNANCE PAMPHLET 1895 CHARACTERISTICS OF NAVAL FIRE CONTROL RADAR 1. Ordnance Pamphlet 1895 describes both the fundamental principles of operation of radar equipment in general and the characteristics of specific United States Naval fire control radar equipment. 2. This publication is intended for use by all personnel concerned with radar operation in general, and with the application of basic radar principles to fire control radar. 3. This publication does not supersede any existing publication. 4. This publication is El8N¥'1!HU! AitL and shall be safeguarded in ac­ cordance with the security provisions of U. S. Navy Regulations. It is for­ bidden to make extracts from or to copy this classified document, except as provided for in Article 0910 of the United States Navy Security Manual for Classified Matter. M. F. ScHoEFFEL Rear Admiral, U. S. Navy Ohief, Bureau of Ordnance .tONFIDENTIAL- 'i!Qt 'FilEt 'IJ,ll CONTENTS Chapter Page Chapte1· Page FOREWORD vi 2. Close-in Targets ............. 28 (cont) Merging Targets ............. 28 PART I-GENERAL Propeller Modulation ......... 28 1. PRINCIPLES OF THE RADAR ART 1 Geographical and Atmospheric The Echo Principle ............. 1 Conditions ................ 28 The Radio Echo at Work ......... 1 Low-flying Targets ........... 29 Radar Measurements ........... 2 Land Echoes ................ 29 Factors Affecting Radar Radar Countermeasures ...... 31 Measurements ............... 6 Spotting Surface Gun Fire ...... 32 Power and Range ............ 6 Range Spotting .............
    [Show full text]
  • Computer History a Look Back Contents
    Computer History A look back Contents 1 Computer 1 1.1 Etymology ................................................. 1 1.2 History ................................................... 1 1.2.1 Pre-twentieth century ....................................... 1 1.2.2 First general-purpose computing device ............................. 3 1.2.3 Later analog computers ...................................... 3 1.2.4 Digital computer development .................................. 4 1.2.5 Mobile computers become dominant ............................... 7 1.3 Programs ................................................. 7 1.3.1 Stored program architecture ................................... 8 1.3.2 Machine code ........................................... 8 1.3.3 Programming language ...................................... 9 1.3.4 Fourth Generation Languages ................................... 9 1.3.5 Program design .......................................... 9 1.3.6 Bugs ................................................ 9 1.4 Components ................................................ 10 1.4.1 Control unit ............................................ 10 1.4.2 Central processing unit (CPU) .................................. 11 1.4.3 Arithmetic logic unit (ALU) ................................... 11 1.4.4 Memory .............................................. 11 1.4.5 Input/output (I/O) ......................................... 12 1.4.6 Multitasking ............................................ 12 1.4.7 Multiprocessing .........................................
    [Show full text]
  • 1. Types of Computers Contents
    1. Types of Computers Contents 1 Classes of computers 1 1.1 Classes by size ............................................. 1 1.1.1 Microcomputers (personal computers) ............................ 1 1.1.2 Minicomputers (midrange computers) ............................ 1 1.1.3 Mainframe computers ..................................... 1 1.1.4 Supercomputers ........................................ 1 1.2 Classes by function .......................................... 2 1.2.1 Servers ............................................ 2 1.2.2 Workstations ......................................... 2 1.2.3 Information appliances .................................... 2 1.2.4 Embedded computers ..................................... 2 1.3 See also ................................................ 2 1.4 References .............................................. 2 1.5 External links ............................................. 2 2 List of computer size categories 3 2.1 Supercomputers ............................................ 3 2.2 Mainframe computers ........................................ 3 2.3 Minicomputers ............................................ 3 2.4 Microcomputers ........................................... 3 2.5 Mobile computers ........................................... 3 2.6 Others ................................................. 4 2.7 Distinctive marks ........................................... 4 2.8 Categories ............................................... 4 2.9 See also ................................................ 4 2.10 References
    [Show full text]
  • Analog Computer - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia 10-3-13 下午3:11
    Analog computer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 10-3-13 下午3:11 Analog computer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia An analog computer (spelled analogue in British English) is a form of computer that uses the continuously-changeable aspects of physical phenomena such as electrical,[1] mechanical, or hydraulic quantities to model the problem being solved. In contrast, digital computers represent varying quantities incrementally, as their numerical values change. Mechanical analog computers were very important in gun fire control in World War II and the Korean War; they were made in significant numbers. In particular, development of transistors made electronic analog computers practical, and before digital computers had developed sufficiently, they were commonly used in science and industry. Analog computers can have a very wide range of complexity. Slide rules and nomographs are the simplest, while naval gun fire control computers and large hybrid digital/analogue computers were among A page from the Bombardier's the most complicated. Digital computers have a certain minimum Information File (BIF) that describes (and relatively great) degree of complexity that is far greater than the components and controls of the that of the simpler analog computers. This complexity is required to Norden bombsight. The Norden execute their stored programs, and in many instances for creating bombsight was a highly sophisticated optical/mechanical output that is directly suited to human use. analog computer used by the United States Army Air Force during World Setting up an analog computer required scale factors to be chosen, War II, the Korean War, and the along with initial conditions – that is, starting values.
    [Show full text]
  • The Contributions of Grace Murray Hopper to Computer
    Sfr v * ""J THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF GRACE MURRAY HOPPER TO COMPUTER SCIENCE AND COMPUTER EDUCATION DISSERTATION Presented to the Graduate Council of the University of North Texas in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY By Carmen L. Mitchell, B.A., M.S. Denton, Texas May, 1994 Sfr v * ""J THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF GRACE MURRAY HOPPER TO COMPUTER SCIENCE AND COMPUTER EDUCATION DISSERTATION Presented to the Graduate Council of the University of North Texas in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY By Carmen L. Mitchell, B.A., M.S. Denton, Texas May, 1994 Mitchell, Carmen L., The Contributions of Grace Murray Hopper to Computer Science and Computer Education. Doctor of Philosophy (Higher Education), May, 1994, 110 pp. Sources consulted, 73 titles. This study explored the life and work of the late Grace Murray Hopper, Rear Admiral United States Naval Reserve. The study emphasized Hopper's contributions to computer science and computer science education, including her philosophy of teaching and learning, and her pedagogical legacy for today's teachers and scholars of computer science and computer science education. The study employed historical methodology, including personal interviews by the author of individuals who knew Hopper, both in and out of the military. Some of these individuals worked with Hopper during the early days of her computing career, while others knew Hopper during her time at the Pentagon and after her retirement, until her death in January, 1992. The study also included a thorough review of the written record, including a search through the Grace Murray Hopper collection donated to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
    [Show full text]
  • Author(S) Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.) Title Catalogue of United
    Author(s) Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.) Title Catalogue of United States Naval Postgraduate School. Academic Year 1951-1952 Publisher Annapolis, Maryland: Postgraduate School. Issue Date 1951 URL http://hdl.handle.net/10945/31706 This document was downloaded on May 22, 2013 at 14:34:39 ww Km NAVPERS 15779 • ..- -*- Braiv Catalogue of m UNITED STATES NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL ACADEMIC YEAR 1951-1952 m ^»«iiiiiii,w I I Bfll V&, l909 ,-# v **"llllllll«»** POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL, ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND R. F. RINEHART NAVPERS 15779 Academic Dean UNITED STATES NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL JUNE 1951 CATALOGUE ACADEMIC YEAR 1951-1952 A Bulletin of Information About the School, Its Staff, Regulations, Missions, Regulations Governing Awarding of Degrees, Curricula and Course Description ^IIIUMIII,,, X, — • %* **««iiniiii»» UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON, D. C, 1951 UNITED STATES NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL CATALOGUE 1951 1952 CONTENTS 111 CONTENTS Part I General Page Academic Calendar 1951-1952 ix Military Staff of Naval Postgraduate School xi Civilian Faculty ...... xiii Academic Associates xvii Postgraduate School Program 1 Mission and Task . , „ . 1 The Regulations Governing the Postgraduate School 00 1 Regulations Governing the Award of Degrees 1 Requirements for Doctor's Degree 2 Requirements for the Master's Degree 3 Requirements for the Bachelor's Degree 3 Scholarship Standards „ . o.o 4 Curricula Designations . 5 Officials in Charge of the Presentation of Curricula of Postgraduate Student Officer Groups at Universities 8 Part n Curricula Aerological Engineering (2 Years) 10 Aerology „ „ 11 Special Aerological Engineering 12 Aerological Engineering ( 18 Months) 13 Aeronautical Engineering (General) 14 Aeronautical Engineering (Armament) o . • 17 Aeronautical Engineering (Electrical) 19 Aeronautical Engineering (Third Year) at Civilian Institutions 21 Communications „ 24 Electronics Engineering 25 Physics 28 Naval Engineering (Applied) 29 Chemical Engineering .
    [Show full text]
  • Automation's Finest Hour: Radar and System Integration in World War II David A
    1 Automation's Finest Hour: Radar and System Integration in World War II David A. Mindell It is nearly as hard for practitioners in the servo art to agree on the de®nition of a servo as it is for a group of theologians to agree on sin. ÐIvan Getting, 1945 At ®rst thought it may seem curious that it was a Bell Telephone Laboratories group which came forward with new ideas and tech- niques to apply to the AA problems. But for two reasons this was natural. First, this group not only had long and highly expert expe- rience with a wide variety of electrical techniques . Second, there are surprisingly close and valid analogies between the ®re control prediction problem and certain basic problems in communications engineering. ÐWarren Weaver, 19451 Examining, as this volume does, ``the spread of the systems approach,'' suggests that some coherent approach to systems emerged within engineering before it di¨used into other disciplines such as social policy and urban planning. While Thomas Hughes has chronicled a con- sciousness of systems in electrical power engineering early in the cen- tury, the historical literature overall has little to say about systems engineering, and what it meant technically and politically, in the period just before it began colonizing other ®elds.2 This chapter examines a particular set of technical and institutional developments during World War II, to show how a new instrument of perceptionÐ radarÐgave rise to a new approach to engineering systems. Combining servo-controlled gun directors with new radar sets raised problems of a system's response to noise, the dynamics of radar tracking, and jittery echoes.
    [Show full text]
  • The Evolution of Fleet Tactical Doctrine in the USN 1922-1941
    Copyright Trent Hone 2002 A Global Forum for Naval Historical Scholarship International Journal of Naval History October 2002 Volume 1 Number 2 Building a Doctrine: U. S. Naval Tactics and Battle Plans in the Interwar Period Trent Hone Senior Associate, Rubicon Technologies General Introduction In the nineteen years between the Washington Naval Conference of 1922 and the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, the United States Navy honed its skills in numerous Fleet Problems, and tactical exercises conducted both at sea and at the Naval War College. The most important product of these efforts was the introduction of a common doctrine allowing the Navy’s officers to operate as a cohesive unit. In the years immediately following the Washington Naval Conference of 1922, this doctrine did not exist, but the advantages of such a common doctrine were well recognized. Steps were taken throughout the interwar period to teach the Fleet to think as a single unit; to react to the changing circumstances of battle with one mind. The importance of this doctrinal development has largely been ignored, primarily because battleships formed its centerpiece. The destruction of the Navy’s battle line at Pearl Harbor and the ensuing dominance of the aircraft carrier in the decisive battles of the Pacific War have led investigators to focus on aircraft carriers when examining the prewar development of the Navy’s doctrine. This article seeks to address that oversight. Introduction 1 2/2/2012 Copyright Trent Hone 2002 At the end of World War One, the Navy was in the midst of producing the most powerful collection of capital ships the world had ever seen.
    [Show full text]
  • Battleship IOWA Official Crew Handbook
    Official Battleship IOWA Crew Handbook One Ship ©BattleshipIOWA One Crew ©BattleshipIOWA Official Battleship IOWA Crew Handbook ©BattleshipIOWA Second Edition © Pacific Battleship Center, 2013 250 South Harbor Blvd. San Pedro, CA 90731 Revision 2.5, April 28, 2017 Acknowledgements Adapted from Battleship IOWA Training Manual, Rev. 0, an unpublished manuscript compiled in 2012 by David Way, Curator of Battleship IOWA. The Handbook was de- veloped in 2013 by the IOWA’s Training Department for the ship’s Crew Training Program and continues to be expanded as more information becomes available. Researched, written and edited by: Researchers Rich Abele, Bob Maronde, Steve Nelson, Hal Puritz, Jon Reed, Ron Rishagen Editors Managing Editor: Bob Maronde Contributing Editors: David Canfield; Mike Getscher; Barry Herlihy; David Way Layout and Design Bob Maronde Graphics Linda Ayers, Bob Maronde Publisher ©BattleshipBattleship IOWA TrainingIOWA Department Photo and Graphic Credits Battleship IOWA Training Team, James Pobog, US Navy, Images in the public domain. We gratefully acknowledge the continuing encouragement, assistance and support of the Battleship IOWA crew and the USS Midway Museum staff and volunteers. iv Rev. 2.5 Contents Preface ..............................................................................................1 Welcome aboard Battleship IOWA! .......................................2 San Pedro ........................................................................................4 US Naval History - Battleships ..................................................6
    [Show full text]
  • Oahu's 8-Inch Naval Turret Batteries 1942-1949
    Volume 22, Issue 1 The Coast Defense Journal Page 4 Oahu’s 8-inch Naval Turret Batteries 1942-1949 John D. Bennett This essay focuses on the four unprecedented 8-inch naval turret batteries emplaced on Oahu in 1942, when eight twin-gun mounts from the aircraft carriers Lexington and Saratoga became available to the Hawaiian Department for use as seacoast artillery. The batteries are generally referred to here by the original names assigned by the Hawaiian Seacoast Artillery Command during the war, although all four batteries were renamed for army officers in 1946. On January 17, 1942, Rear Adm. William S. Pye, acting commander in chief Pacific Fleet, asked if the Hawaiian Department, U.S. Army, was interested in 8-inch naval mounts and guns that might be removed from navy vessels. The Hawaiian Department immediately replied in the affirmative.(1) Known to the navy as “mounts,” and to the army as “turrets,” they were available because the navy planned to replace the 8-inch/55 main batteries of the carriers USS Lexington (CV-2) and her sister ship USS Saratoga (CV-3) with updated 5-inch/38 dual-purpose twin-gun mounts. These could be used in the antiaircraft role in keeping with current ideas of aircraft carriers’ tactical role. USS Saratoga (CV-3). USN, NHC Possibly two of Saratoga’s four twin-gunned 8-inch/55 Mk IXM2 mounts were removed at Pearl Harbor, where she briefly stopped for emergency repairs before proceeding to Bremerton Navy Yard in Puget Sound after being torpedoed by the Japanese submarine I-16 on January 11, 1942, 500 miles southwest of Hawaii.
    [Show full text]
  • Lethal Visions: the Eye As Function of the Weapon
    Critical Studies on Security ISSN: 2162-4887 (Print) 2162-4909 (Online) Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rcss20 Lethal visions: the eye as function of the weapon Antoine Bousquet To cite this article: Antoine Bousquet (2017): Lethal visions: the eye as function of the weapon, Critical Studies on Security, DOI: 10.1080/21624887.2017.1329471 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21624887.2017.1329471 Published online: 29 May 2017. Submit your article to this journal View related articles View Crossmark data Full Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=rcss20 Download by: [104.238.169.34] Date: 29 May 2017, At: 06:30 CRITICAL STUDIES ON SECURITY, 2017 https://doi.org/10.1080/21624887.2017.1329471 ARTICLE Lethal visions: the eye as function of the weapon Antoine Bousquet Birkbeck College, University of London, London, UK ABSTRACT KEYWORDS In measure to the development of projectile weaponry, the conduct Perception; targeting; of modern war has accorded perception with destruction, marshal- aiming; tracking; laser; Virilio ling and enfolding human vision into ever more sophisticated socio- technical assemblages of targeting. Drawing upon Paul Virilio’s notion of a ‘logistics of perception’, this article charts the four succes- sive orders of targeting constituted by the alignment of the line of sight with the line of fire (aiming), the measurement of distance to a target (ranging), the trailing and prediction of a target’s movement (tracking) and the directed navigation to a target’spositioninspace (guiding). Alongside the functional specification of each of these orders is concurrently drawn out the accompanying corporeal regi- mentations of the organisms thus imbricated.
    [Show full text]