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  2. USS Pogy (SSN-647) - Wikipedia

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    She was the last ship launched by New York Shipbuilding which went out of business shortly afterwards. On 5 June 1967, the contract for her construction was canceled, and she was towed to the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard at Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , in an incomplete state and laid up.

  3. Torpedo Data Computer - Wikipedia

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    Replacing the previously standard hand-held slide rule-type devices (known as the "banjo" and "is/was"), [4] the TDC was designed to provide fire-control solutions for submarine torpedo firing against ships running on the surface (surface warships used a different computer). [5]

  4. Combat information center - Wikipedia

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    While in 1943 a destroyer CIC might just have been configured for anti-ship and anti-submarine warfare tasks, by the Battle of the Philippine Sea when set out as radar pickets had to undertake forward air controller (FAC) functions and somehow jam in air search radar and anti-air action control functions. [5]

  5. Virginia-class submarine - Wikipedia

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    The Virginia class, or the SSN-774 class, is the newest class of nuclear-powered cruise missile fast attack submarines in service with the United States Navy.The class is designed for a broad spectrum of open-ocean and littoral missions, including anti-submarine warfare and intelligence gathering operations. [10]

  6. Submarine Command System - Wikipedia

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    By 1991, CAP Scientific was part of Sema Group and the SMCS project was owned by BAeSEMA, a joint venture between Sema Group and British Aerospace.Once SMCS was proven to work on Vanguard boats, it was proposed in the early 1990s to extend its use to the Swiftsure-class submarines and the Trafalgar-class submarines, as part of an improvement programme for these vessels.

  7. USS Nautilus (SSN-571) - Wikipedia

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    Nautilus now serves as a museum of submarine history operated by the Naval History and Heritage Command. The ship underwent a five-month preservation in 2002 at Electric Boat, at a cost of approximately $4.7 million (~$7.61 million in 2023). Nautilus attracts some 250,000 visitors annually to her present berth near Naval Submarine Base New ...

  8. 1 Main Circuit - Wikipedia

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    1 Main Circuit (1MC) is the term for the shipboard public address circuits on United States Navy and United States Coast Guard vessels.This provides a means of transmitting general information and orders to all internal ship spaces and topside areas, and is loud enough that all embarked personnel are (normally) able to hear it.

  9. Engine order telegraph - Wikipedia

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    Modern engine room telegraph/remote control handle in Engine Control Room (ECR) on board a merchant ship. ECR Lever is not currently active as the system pictured is in direct bridge control mode. On most modern vessels with direct combustion engines or electric propulsors, the main control handle on the bridge acts as a direct throttle with no ...