[GreenKeys] US Navy Shipboard Model 15

[John Nagle]

> From: Nick England<navy.radio at gmail.com>
> Subject: [GreenKeys] FYI - US Navy Shipboard Model 15
> 
> EE-626, April 1948 - Changes to Bulletin 144 to Include the Model 15
> Printer (with Combined Base-Keyboard) for Shipboard Use
> 
> The Model 15 printer set for shipboard use is basically the same
> as the standard Model 15 printer and has the same operating characteristics
> except that this set is designed and equipped so that it may be operated
> while tilted as much as 45 degrees. The variations from the standard set
> follow:
> TYPING UNIT
> The Model 15 typing unit is provided with aluminum side frames
> designed to decrease weight and increase strength.
> In order to insure proper carriage return from any length of line
> while the printer is tilted at angles up to 45 degrees, the typing unit has
> been equipped with a new carriage return spring drum assembly with a
> stronger spring, a larger dashpot for better cushion effect, and newly designed
> carriage parts made of lighter weight material.

    Oh, the "battleship model".  Someone on here had one of those a few
years back.

				John Nagle