[Milsurplus] CB ships - for Navy theater communications

William Donzelli wdonzelli at gmail.com
Mon Aug 7 15:17:37 EDT 2006


> Rewind.  No one's ventured where RAS HRO-like things went & it was my
> bet it was on the CB ships.

RAS (and similar HRO variants) were almost exclusively shore based -
there are plenty of wartime photos with RAS in singles or in rows. A
few ships had them (BB-59, for one), but they were removed, as the RAS
is really poorly suited for oceangoing vessels.

--
Will


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