AN/SPS-6
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AN/SPS-6 is a two-dimensional radar manufactured by Bendix and Westinghouse Electric. It was used by the US Navy as a first-generation air-search radar after World War II, and was widely exported to a
AN/SPS-6C aboard USS Charrette (DD-581)
AN/SPS-6 aboard HMCS Haida
AN/SPS-6 aboard USS Okanogan
AN/SPS-6 aboard USS Spiegel Grove
USS Charrette
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USS Charrette was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Lieutenant George Charrette, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism during the Spanish–American War. Entering
AN/SPS-6
…AN/SPS-6 AN/SPS-6C aboard USS Charrette (DD-581) Country of origin United States Manufacturer Westinghouse Electric Bendix Corporation Introduced 1948 Type 2-dimensional Frequency L Band 1.25–1.35 GHz…
USS Charrette at Boston, Massachusetts on 4 August 1943
Velos (D16) as a naval museum in the Gulf of Faliro in Athens, 3 June 2006, 64 years after her launch
Velos on 3 June 2006, view to stern: The aft 127 mm (5 in) gun and depth charge track can be seen. There, Commander Pappas declared his allegiance to democracy, in the background the reconstructed Olympias trireme.
Velos on 20 May 2006: Amidships view to bow and bridge, the 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes and 76 mm (3 in) AA guns can be seen. Note the rank flag flown at the foremast displacing downward the commissioning pennant revealing that the ship is regarded as in commission.