Photo #: NH 105768 USS Utah (Battleship # 31) Crew members atop the ship's # 5 (aftermost) twelve-inch gun turret, circa 1918. Annotations on the image identify (from left to right): turret pointer's periscope, fore and main tops on masts (with identities reversed -- the main mast is the nearer), radio aerials and supporting tripod, and speed cones. Note the triangular baffles mounted on the masts. These were a measure to confuse coincidence rangefinders, which contemporary intelligence erroneously believed were the type used by the German navy. See Photo # NH 105768-A for a reproduction of the original card's reverse, with a message concerning this anti-rangefinding measure. The original image is printed on post card ("AZO") stock. Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image size: 71KB; 740 x 470 pixels |
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Image posted 23 April 2008