[Milsurplus] visit to USS Iowa

[J. Forster]

MASSACHUSETTS, in Fall River, has all the WWII radio gear, pretty much
intact.

-John

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> It's great to see that ship with all the sixties and seventies era
> equipment on board, something like a time capsule. Would hate to see them
> tear everything out and replace with marginal collection of WW2 equipment.
> After all how Many TDE, RBB and RBC transmitters and receivers are there
> out there today for refitting a battleship?
> Just seeing the AN/UYK-20 with its terminals and printers alone would be
> worth the trip for me, not to mention the stacks of R-1051 receivers and
> URT-23 transmitters.
>
> Ray F
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Nick England
> Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2013 4:12 PM
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> Subject: [Milsurplus] visit to USS Iowa
>
> BB-61 was modernized in the early 1980's and all the earlier radio gear is
> gone, but you might enjoy some photos of the radio spaces I took during a
> visit last week http://www.navy-radio.com/ships/bb61.htm
>
> The volunteers working on restoration of the radio spaces said they'd like
> to find the WW2 radio spaces and outfit them some day.
>
> Cheers,
> Nick K4NYW
> www.navy-radio.com
>
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