Photo #: NH 82031
USS Portland (CA-33)
View looking aft from the foredeck while at sea in 1944.
Note the ship's two forward 8"/55 gun turrets and the arrangement
of her forward superstructure. A Mk.33 gun director with Mk.28
fire control radar is atop the pilothouse. Director atop the
tripod foremast is a Mk.34, with Mk.8 fire control radar. The
large radar antenna at the foremast peak is a SK.
Courtesy of Vice Admiral T.G.W. Settle, USN (Retired), 1975.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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