[GreenKeys] Battleship model 15

[Nick England]

I’m pretty sure the model 28 projector got used shipboard.
And here’s a film of the M15 version in use shipboard during WW2
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78116

M15 projection set (TT-71/FG)
https://www.navy-radio.com/tty/tt71-projector-02.jpg

M28 projection set (AN/UGR-1)
https://www.navy-radio.com/tty/ugr1-projector-03.jpg

More photos here
https://www.navy-radio.com/tty.htm
And the manuals are here
https://www.navy-radio.com/manuals-ttycorp.htm

I wonder if any survived???

Nick England K4NYW
www.navy-radio.com


On Mon, Apr 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM Jim Haynes <jhhaynes at earthlink.net> wrote:

>
> I remember Walt Zenner talking about something once - maybe it was
> in the book he and Bob Reek co-authored.  Something about a projector
> Model 15.  They wanted it for pilot briefings on aircraft carriers
> because things on the ship were too noisy for the pilots to hear what
> the briefers were saying.  Anyway he said it was a problem with the
> mass of the type basket and the ship rolling, so they put together a
> machine with two type baskets moving in opposite directions.  I don't
> know if he was kidding or if it was just an experiment that didn't go
> into production.
>
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