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Master and Commander Posts: 2191 Location: Port Ludlow, WA (the Olympic Penninsula) | Subject: Santa Visits Again! Look at what Santa sent!!! (Know what it is?) (xxx.JPG) Attachments ----------------  xxx.JPG (42KB - 1048 downloads) | ||
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Great Sage of the Sea Posts: 877 | Subject: RE: Santa Visits Again! crystal - 2007-11-13 8:16 PM Look at what Santa sent!!! (Know what it is?) A big brass thingy in the middle of your living room..which will lead to Mrs Chief Clear to say get the "!(@*&#!(*&@!(!! thing outta here!!!"  | ||
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Master and Commander Posts: 1247 Location: Rockingham Western Australia | |||
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Great Sage of the Sea Posts: 606 Location: Citrus County FL | |||
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Master and Commander Posts: 2191 Location: Port Ludlow, WA (the Olympic Penninsula) | |||
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Master and Commander Posts: 2191 Location: Port Ludlow, WA (the Olympic Penninsula) | Subject: RE: Santa Visits Again! Peter (iPOD) had it wired (again - - takes an Aussie everytime!)! This is a pelorus from one of our "older" submarines. The nametag says "Bureau of Ships, U.S. Navy Standard Pelorus, 7 1/2 inch Illuminated Dial, Mark II, Mod 0, Ser. No. 5793 - 1942, Contact Number NXs2326, Kevin & Wilfrid O. White Co., Boston" These were carried up to the bridge and mounted in a bracket (later to be replaced by the TBT) upon surfacing, weighs in at about 14 pounds. It has the removeable lid to protect it during handling (hard to find these "loose lids". This is NOT a compass, it has a fixed card with a moveable (duplex) sight that gives relative bearing to the vessel - great for those in-close, surface torpedo attacks... Now, all I have to do is find our "which" boat it came from (yeh, good luck!)... AND again it was Santa Dex that dug this out of his ditty bag to deliver to our future museum visitors (after I have fun with it first!) - Thanks again Dexter! (pelorus1.JPG) Attachments ---------------- pelorus1.JPG (71KB - 1087 downloads) | ||
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Master and Commander Posts: 1324 Location: Oxnard, CA | |||
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COMSUBBBS Posts: 3673 Location: Kansas City Missouri | Subject: RE: Santa Visits Again! (rbg-rl[1].jpg) Attachments ---------------- rbg-rl[1].jpg (62KB - 1087 downloads) | ||
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COMSUBBBS Posts: 3202 Location: Alexandria, Virginia | |||
| crystal |
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Master and Commander Posts: 2191 Location: Port Ludlow, WA (the Olympic Penninsula) | Subject: RE: Santa Visits Again! Dex, I have opened it up and done a thorough inspection etal. It is NOT a compass but a pelorus. The main dial and the sights can be rotated and locked separately. When the bottom is removed it reveals a poured lead base with a small light fixture mounted to it, hence most of the weight... The glass had been cracked but will be stabilized by our handy dandy auto glass ding guys... (PelorusBase.JPG) Attachments ---------------- PelorusBase.JPG (45KB - 1096 downloads) | ||
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Master and Commander Posts: 2191 Location: Port Ludlow, WA (the Olympic Penninsula) | Subject: RE: Santa Visits Again! Here's another view looking inside through the bottom once the base is removed... (PelorusInside.JPG) Attachments ---------------- PelorusInside.JPG (44KB - 1095 downloads) | ||
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| Subject: RE: Santa Visits Again! Quick observation..... The port and starboard wings of my DL had (gyro) compass repeaters., also had one on centerline, main reason was for OOD to keep checking the course being steered.......we'd place a pelorus on these repeaters to get TRUE bearings on the other ships in the formation and use the surface seach radar or a hand held stadometer??? to measure the range. Usually travelled with a carrier and other DDs..accurate station keeping in a formation is very important and the DDs serve as reference points when the planes are coming back to land. For special sea detail, the QMs used a pelorus with a telescopic sight to pick out nav points entering & leaving port....on a sub they'd use the periscope and get very good nav info....sorry ....long time away from conning job......but think this is all correct......  Tincanman | |||
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COMSUBBBS Posts: 3673 Location: Kansas City Missouri | |||
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COMSUBBBS Posts: 3202 Location: Alexandria, Virginia | |||
| crystal |
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Master and Commander Posts: 2191 Location: Port Ludlow, WA (the Olympic Penninsula) | |||
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Master and Commander Posts: 2191 Location: Port Ludlow, WA (the Olympic Penninsula) | Subject: RE: Santa Visits Again! Just pulled this together about the pelorus mounting on our older boats (pelorus8.JPG) Attachments ---------------- pelorus8.JPG (42KB - 1070 downloads) | ||
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Old Salt Posts: 419 Location: Anchorage, Alaska | |||
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| Subject: RE: Santa Visits Again! Would like to see pics of the 4 torpeckers. and if possible, loading aboard. Been 50 yrs. | |||
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Master and Commander Posts: 2191 Location: Port Ludlow, WA (the Olympic Penninsula) | Subject: RE: Santa Visits Again! That's going to be up to Greg Stitz, Curator at AIMM (the Razorback) in Little Rock, AR when they get there... I'm not going down there (again) for this evolution)... Email him and ask him to post pictures when it happens! (Jthree loaded.JPG) Attachments ---------------- Jthree loaded.JPG (53KB - 1076 downloads) | ||
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