[Milsurplus] 1943 shipboard TTY photo

[Jim Haynes]

On Sun, 7 Jun 2009, Nick England wrote:

> Interesting photo at
> http://www.navy-radio.com/ships/agc/agc4-1943-01.jpg
> This seems quite early - on board amphibious force command ship USS Ancon
> July 1943. I wonder if it was only used for internal shipboard comms or ran
> to a RTTY link?
>
Indeed.  A friend who was a radio operator on a carrier in WW-II says
they had only CW, no TTY.  And the Model 15 was poorly suited to shipboard
use, because that heavy type basket tends to get flung around as the
ship pitches and rolls.