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The Mark 1, and later the Mark 1A, Fire Control Computer was a component of the Mark 37 Gun Fire Control System deployed by the United States Navy during World War II and up to 1991 and possibly later. It was originally developed by Hannibal C. Ford of the Ford Instrument Company [1] and William Newell.
Truppenführung ("Handling of Combined-Arms Formations") was a German Army field-manual published in two parts as Heeresdienstvorschrift 300: Part 1, promulgated in 1933, and Part 2 in 1934. The original German-language text, which is notable for its clarity, was prepared by a group led by Colonel General Ludwig Beck (1880–1944) (who was ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Special Service Squadron, World War II damage control hulk; USS Bell. Designation: Destroyer No. 95, DD-95 ... World War II ...
Later in World War II (1943), it was replaced by the TDC Mk IV, which was an improved and larger version. The Torpedo Data Computer (TDC) was an early electromechanical analog computer used for torpedo fire-control on American submarines during World War II.
Nautilus avoided further damage and suffered no casualties, but reached a depth of 310 feet (94 m) before her crew gained control of her. [20] Within two hours repairs were sufficient to allow Nautilus to continue with her primary mission: landing a 78-man scouting party, composed of 5th Amphibious Reconnaissance Company Marines and an ...
During the late 1930s the United States Army's signal corps attempted to utilize the newly developed SCR-268 radar to provide fire control quality data to the Sperry Corporation's M4 mechanical gun director. The SCR-268's longwave did not provide accurate enough data for the pairing to be an effective anti-aircraft weapon. [1]
Immediate damage control measures prevented any serious damage and Murphy ' s crew effected repairs in time to join other fire support ships in silencing the Cape Blondin guns. Murphy remained off Fedhala through the Naval Battle of Casablanca, driving off an air attack 9 November, until sailing for Boston to complete repairs, arriving on the 24th.
Effective damage control by her crew enabled her to reach Sasebo for temporary repairs (29 September – 19 October) and then Norfolk, via the Suez Canal, for permanent repairs. She arrived at Norfolk on 12 December. Repairs completed on 15 August 1953, Barton spent the remainder of the year operating along the east coast and in the Caribbean.