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Old Grump · 04-03-2012, 07:03 PM

Canberra was a Terrier ship with An/Spq-5 radars #1 and #2. Before that I was aboard the Farragut working on radar #5 and #6. After they retired those old fossils I moved over to the Truxtun and learned the AN/SPG-55. What a shock to not have to replace magnetron's and a bushel basket of tubes every week. Loved that radar but my department on that ship not so much. There were a lot of great people and a few that ruined it for everybody.

04-03-2012, 07:03 PM	#8
Old Grump Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Little hut in the woods near Blue River Wisconsin Posts: 2,285	Re: Viet Nam unit patches Canberra was a Terrier ship with An/Spq-5 radars #1 and #2. Before that I was aboard the Farragut working on radar #5 and #6. After they retired those old fossils I moved over to the Truxtun and learned the AN/SPG-55. What a shock to not have to replace magnetron's and a bushel basket of tubes every week. Loved that radar but my department on that ship not so much. There were a lot of great people and a few that ruined it for everybody. __________________ "When once a republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil."~~- Thomas Jefferson Roman Catholic, Life Member of American Legion, VFW, Wisconsin Libertarian party, Wi-FORCE, WGO, NRA, JPFO, GOA, SAFand CCRKBA