[Milsurplus] "Operation Crossroads" unk ship

[Nick England]

My book says BC-348-J s/n 925 is located in Radio Central
Also in Radio Central are
4 ea. RAO-7
RAK-6
RBH-1
RBK-15
Transmitter Room has
TBM-10
TDE-2
TDE-3
TAJ-19
There are just a few entries in the maintenance checkoff lists
Oct-Nov 1951 and then Mar 1954

Looks like the book could be a valuable log, but not if it wasn't used.

Date? The May 1945 Transmitter Servicing Course shows it and says -
"The new log furnished by the Bureau of Ships is a permanently bound book
of 335 pages, designed to record a complete history of all equipment in an
average radio room for two years. The log book replaces the Communication
Equipment Index and Communication Equipment History card files."
https://www.maritime.org/doc/radio-tx/index.htm

A Jan 1952 CEMB notice says 900,039 is obsolete and all copies in stock
have been destroyed,

More late war date evidence -
The cartoons in the intro show sailors fighting caricatures of Japanese,
painting rising sun flags on the superstructure, etc. plus exhortations
such as:
"Why you should keep a radio equipment log -
#6 The Enemy doesn't want you to.
Maybe you figure that fighting with a voltmeter and screwdriver is a hell
of a way to fight a war, and that keeping records only makes it worse. But
you're the chief custodian of communications in a war where radio is
actually a weapon. Your radio has helped to outsmart the enemy, wreck his
plans, and generally ruin his navy. He doesn't like you or anything about
you. He's "so sorry" that you do your job. You, your voltmeter, your
screwdriver, and your records together have a big job to do."

Nick England K4NYW
www.navy-radio.com

On Sun, Dec 18, 2016 at 6:34 PM, Hubert Miller <Kargo_cult at msn.com> wrote:

> NIck, where was the BC-348 located? CIC, i would guess? Also – do you
> suppose this was an AC 115/1/60 modified model, rather than the 28 volt
> standard?
>
> I suggest it was for monitoring aircraft operations – the wider
> selectivity than the RBCs would help, plus being slightly easier for the
> non-radio-tech, plus
>
> maybe also the fact the dial resolution was better than on the other
> monitor receiver, RBS ? Just guessing here.
>
> -Hue
>
>
>
> *From:* Nick England [mailto:navy.radio at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Sunday, December 18, 2016 3:30 PM
> *To:* Hubert Miller <Kargo_cult at msn.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [Milsurplus] "Operation Crossroads" unk ship
>
>
>
> I have a log like that too - just a few sporadic entries covering 3-4
> years if I recall correctly. No ship name or number in it. I suspect it was
> just extra paperwork and mostly ignored by the ETs.
> In addition to the usual shipboard receivers and transmitters there is
> also an entry for a BC-348. That seems strange to me.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Nick England K4NYW
>
> www.navy-radio.com
>
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