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SUPPORT - SCR-296A RADAR INSTALLATION |
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Usage at Fort Miles |
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Location:
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Set 1: Near
FCT #2
Set 2: Near
FCT #3
Set 3: Near
FCT #6
Set 4: Fort Miles
Set 5: Near
FCT #24 |
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Current Status: |
Set 1: Footings remain
Set 2: Footings remain
Set 3: Footings remain
Set 4: Footings remain
Set 5: Unknown
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Typical
SCR-296A Radar Installation.
Source:
Naval History Library Online
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Description: |
Fixed
Coast Artillery gun-laying medium
wave radar, assigned to modern 6
inch or larger batteries. |
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Uses: |
Set is
designed to track a surface target
in range and azimuth. Data are sent
to the plotting room and used in
firing. An SCR-296-A normally is
assigned to one battery, but may
furnish data to more. Works with IFF
RC-136-A. |
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Performance & Sitting: |
Range
is shown on "A" scope. The target is
tracked in azimuth with a pip
matching oscilloscope or a
zero-center meter. Range accuracy is
about ± 30 yards while azimuth
accuracy is about ± 0.20 degree
under the best conditions. The set
has a dependable range of 20,000
yards on a destroyer size target
when employed at a height of 145
feet. Site should be not less than
100 feet above sea level; 150 to 500
feet is recommended. |
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Mobility: |
Shipment includes areas and separate
generator. When crated the total
weight is 91,763 lbs. Largest unit
is 5,270 lbs. |
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Installation: |
SCR-296-A includes a tower, an
operating building, and two power
plant buildings. The tower is
obtainable in heights of 25, 50, 75,
and 100 feet. Concrete floors must
be put in locally. |
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Personnel: |
Operating crew consists of 5 men in
addition to a power plant operator
and maintenance man who should be
available at all times. |
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Power: |
Primary
power of 2.3 KW is supplied by
PE-84C -- commercial or auxiliary
110 V, AC single phase. Generator
needs high octane gasoline. |
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Information
from
Naval History Library Online. |
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SCR-296A Battery Assignments
(primary in bold) |
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Set 1 |
Battery Smith,
Battery Herring,
Battery 519,
Battery Hunter |
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Set 2 |
Battery 519,
Battery Hunter |
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Set 3 |
Battery Herring,
Battery Hunter |
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Set 4 |
Battery Hunter,
Battery Herring,
Battery Smith,
Battery 519,
Battery
223 (Cape May) |
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Set 5 |
Battery 223,
Battery Smith,
Battery 519 |
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