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Posted by DaveInSoCal on December 10, 2025, 15:07:40, in reply to "USS New Orleans circa mid-1942 - directors"
As I understand it she had at least 6 and possibly more:
2x Mk.31 main battery (8-in gun) director with Mk.4 range finding radar (one atop bridge structure, one atop secondary conning position)
2x Mk.28 dual purpose secondary battery (5-in/25s) directors, same locations as main battery directors but mounted physically higher
2 Mk.51 AA directors, one for each quad 1.1 position (some ships of the class including New Orleans never got the AA directors for their two stern 1.1 mounts, though tubs for them were installed)
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Can someone help me identify what directors she carried. As long as I have built model ships, directors have been a weak point in my understanding.
Thanks,
Rob
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