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    A radar picket is a radar-equipped station, ship, submarine, aircraft, or vehicle used to increase the radar detection range around a nation or military...
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    USS Triton (SSRN-586) (category Radar picket ships of the United States Navy)
    (SSRN/SSN-586), the only member of her class, was a nuclear powered radar picket submarine in the United States Navy. She had the distinction of being...
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    (AEW) was used for earlier similar aircraft used in the less-demanding radar picket role, such as the Fairey Gannet AEW.3 and Lockheed EC-121 Warning Star...
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  • ahead of the main formation Radar picket, a radar equipped vehicle on picket duty Picket boat, a small military boat Picket (Polish: pikieta), a slang...
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    the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, being converted to a radar picket submarine under project MIGRAINE. Her four stern torpedo tubes were removed...
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    the kamikaze demonstrated the need for a long range radar umbrella around the fleet. Radar picket destroyers and destroyer escorts were put into service...
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    the kamikaze demonstrated the need for a long range radar umbrella around the fleet. Radar picket destroyers and destroyer escorts were put into service...
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    Whitman, Edward C. (Winter–Spring 2002). "Cold War Curiosities: U.S. Radar Picket Submarines". Undersea Warfare. Archived from the original on 20 December...
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    The Guardian-class radar picket ships were a class of ocean radar picket ships (YAGR, later AGR), converted 1954–1958 from World War II Liberty ships...
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    halfway through each shift a new soldier is put on watch. Radar picket Screening (tactic) Screw picket Skirmisher Point man Vedette (sentry), a mounted sentry...
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    fighter director ship. She received special radio and radar equipment and completed radar picket training before departing on 27 January 1945 for the invasion...
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    circumnavigation of the world, executed by the United States Navy nuclear-powered radar picket submarine USS Triton (SSRN-586) in 1960 under the command of Captain...
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    War II radar picket submarines. Commissioned in 1956, they served in the radar picket role until early 1961, when the submarine radar picket mission...
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    upgrades than the Allen M. Sumners, as seen in the wartime radar picket subclass, the 1950s radar picket destroyer (DDR) and escort destroyer (DDE) conversions...
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  • modification to become a radar picket, with the addition of the Sea Cat missile, as well as new anti-aircraft weaponry and new radar. In 1963 Barrosa joined...
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    with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1947. She served again as a radar picket ship from 1955 to 1960 and was sold for scrapping in 1966. She was named...
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    War another 36 would be converted. All would be replaced by more modern radar by 1965. During World War II 94 DEs would be converted to High Speed Transports...
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    United Nations Forces during the Korean War, underwent conversion to a radar picket destroyer from 1 April to 1 December 1953, alternated operations along...
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  • to have fighters intercept the Japanese as early as possible. Sixteen radar picket stations were established around the island, in some cases almost 100...
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    when struck by a Japanese kamikaze aircraft on 12 April 1945 while on radar picket duty off Okinawa. She, with USS LSM(R)-190, rescued survivors from USS Mannert...
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    she was borrowed by the United States Coast Guard and also served as a radar picket ship on the Distant Early Warning Line. She was reclassified DER-324...
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    coastal antisubmarine and radar picket ship duty. During World War II, seven destroyer escorts (DEs) were converted to radar picket destroyer escorts (DERs)...
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    type which overlaps somewhat with picket boats Radar picket, a larger ship or submarine, used to extend the range of radar coverage. Crash boats of World...
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  • Retrieved 2023-06-06. Budzbon, Radziemski & Twardowski 2022b, pp. 166–168 "Radar picket ship - Project 62". russianships.info. Retrieved 2023-06-08. "Легкие...
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    was the first submarine built expressly for radar picket service, and was equipped with BPS-2 and BPS-3 radars in and aft of the sail. She and her sister...
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  • Communications, Nuclear-powered (retired) SSR: Radar Picket Submarine (retired) SSRN: Radar Picket Submarine, Nuclear-powered (retired) SST: Training...
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  • to have fighters intercept the Japanese as early as possible. Sixteen radar picket stations were established around the island of Okinawa in preparation...
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  • underwent conversion to become radar pickets. The conversion included the addition of the Sea Cat missile and new radar, as well as newer Anti-Aircraft...
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    covering duty in the invasion of Saipan four days later. In addition to radar picket and screening duty, she was also called upon for inshore fire support...
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    All were soon retired from service. Four were converted to Project 640 radar picket boats (called Whiskey Canvas Bag in the West). Two were converted for...
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