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This is WASHINGTON (BB-56) as the ship appeared in September of 1942.
BB-56 emerged from her refit at the New York Navy Yard with Measure 22 camouflage. The aft Mark 37 director has received a Mark 4 radar on long supports. A small open conning station has been built atop the pilot house; this would later be extended during the ship's May 1943 Pearl Harbor refit. 1.1" quad anti-aircraft machine cannons have been added in tubs at the fantail, and the old Mark 44 directors have been replaced with Mark 49s. A single 20mm Oerlikon was added port & starboard above the aft conning station between the Mark 37 and Mark 38 directors, along with a new splinter shield and a 20mm ready service box. The ship retains its CXAM-1 air search radar, the forerunner to the later SK and SK-2 sets that most of the USN fast battleships would later receive.
Most importantly, this refit added an SG surface search radar ahead of the fire control tower. This position left a large cut out immediately astern, and this proved to be a hindrance during the Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal when BB-56 was not able to ascertain the position of the SOUTH DAKOTA (BB-57) because of the blind spot to the rear. At the time, waveguide losses meant the SG radar had to be positioned relatively close to the radar plot - this would later be resolved, allowing the SG to be placed in a much more advantageous spot above the foremast as on most late-war USN surface combatants.
It was in this fit that WASHINGTON engaged and destroyed the Japanese battleship KIRISHIMA.
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BB-56 emerged from her refit at the New York Navy Yard with Measure 22 camouflage. The aft Mark 37 director has received a Mark 4 radar on long supports. A small open conning station has been built atop the pilot house; this would later be extended during the ship's May 1943 Pearl Harbor refit. 1.1" quad anti-aircraft machine cannons have been added in tubs at the fantail, and the old Mark 44 directors have been replaced with Mark 49s. A single 20mm Oerlikon was added port & starboard above the aft conning station between the Mark 37 and Mark 38 directors, along with a new splinter shield and a 20mm ready service box. The ship retains its CXAM-1 air search radar, the forerunner to the later SK and SK-2 sets that most of the USN fast battleships would later receive.
Most importantly, this refit added an SG surface search radar ahead of the fire control tower. This position left a large cut out immediately astern, and this proved to be a hindrance during the Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal when BB-56 was not able to ascertain the position of the SOUTH DAKOTA (BB-57) because of the blind spot to the rear. At the time, waveguide losses meant the SG radar had to be positioned relatively close to the radar plot - this would later be resolved, allowing the SG to be placed in a much more advantageous spot above the foremast as on most late-war USN surface combatants.
It was in this fit that WASHINGTON engaged and destroyed the Japanese battleship KIRISHIMA.
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'Step aside I'm coming through!' Rear Admiral Lee US Navy 1942. 