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... 45 KB (5,345 words) - 15:07, 9 March 2024 |
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... 103 KB (10,977 words) - 06:46, 25 April 2024 |
Airborne early warning and control (redirect from Airborne radar system) (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... 40 KB (4,351 words) - 04:36, 3 May 2024 |
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... 1 KB (230 words) - 18:49, 3 October 2023 |
USS Requin (section Radar picket operations) the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, being converted to a radar picket submarine under project MIGRAINE. Her four stern torpedo tubes were removed... 14 KB (1,568 words) - 10:48, 20 April 2024 |
Tench-class submarine (section Radar picket) the kamikaze demonstrated the need for a long range radar umbrella around the fleet. Radar picket destroyers and destroyer escorts were put into service... 33 KB (3,945 words) - 15:39, 8 April 2024 |
Balao-class submarine (section Radar picket) the kamikaze demonstrated the need for a long range radar umbrella around the fleet. Radar picket destroyers and destroyer escorts were put into service... 46 KB (5,201 words) - 08:52, 11 April 2024 |
Gato-class submarine (section Radar picket) Whitman, Edward C. (Winter–Spring 2002). "Cold War Curiosities: U.S. Radar Picket Submarines". Undersea Warfare. Archived from the original on 20 December... 52 KB (6,531 words) - 15:31, 8 April 2024 |
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... 12 KB (713 words) - 11:33, 25 November 2023 |
War II radar picket submarines. Commissioned in 1956, they served in the radar picket role until early 1961, when the submarine radar picket mission... 5 KB (385 words) - 21:46, 25 August 2023 |
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... 14 KB (1,415 words) - 09:17, 28 January 2024 |
USS Pillsbury (DE-133) (section Radar Picket Ship) 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... 9 KB (910 words) - 03:03, 8 February 2024 |
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... 65 KB (743 words) - 09:15, 3 May 2024 |
USS Fechteler (DD-870) (section Radar picket destroyer) United Nations Forces during the Korean War, underwent conversion to a radar picket destroyer from 1 April to 1 December 1953, alternated operations along... 6 KB (624 words) - 15:32, 14 June 2022 |
to have fighters intercept the Japanese as early as possible. Sixteen radar picket stations were established around the island, in some cases almost 100... 6 KB (787 words) - 04:09, 20 May 2023 |
USS LSM(R)-189 (section Okinawa Radar Picket Line) 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... 7 KB (747 words) - 09:20, 4 November 2023 |
USS Falgout (section Conversion to Radar Picket Ship) 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... 8 KB (795 words) - 19:55, 14 June 2023 |
coastal antisubmarine and radar picket ship duty. During World War II, seven destroyer escorts (DEs) were converted to radar picket destroyer escorts (DERs)... 36 KB (2,849 words) - 23:05, 1 May 2024 |
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... 6 KB (721 words) - 01:00, 20 April 2023 |
Retrieved 2023-06-06. Budzbon, Radziemski & Twardowski 2022b, pp. 166–168 "Radar picket ship - Project 62". russianships.info. Retrieved 2023-06-08. "Легкие... 70 KB (1,470 words) - 19:43, 19 February 2024 |
Communications, Nuclear-powered (retired) SSR: Radar Picket Submarine (retired) SSRN: Radar Picket Submarine, Nuclear-powered (retired) SST: Training... 65 KB (7,235 words) - 02:19, 23 March 2024 |
to have fighters intercept the Japanese as early as possible. Sixteen radar picket stations were established around the island of Okinawa in preparation... 9 KB (1,302 words) - 04:09, 20 May 2023 |
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... 8 KB (597 words) - 22:51, 7 August 2023 |
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... 14 KB (1,356 words) - 17:40, 6 April 2024 |