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NMUSN-1019: XAF Radar Antenna, 1960s

NMUSN-1019: XAF Radar Antenna, 1960s. Being delivered to the Washington Navy Yard for display. Note the U.S. Navy tug alongside a small thin barge carrying the radar antenna. The tug appears to be USS Wahtah (YTB-140). This radar was the first shipboard radar to be installed onboard a U.S. Navy ship, USS New York (BB-34). Surviving World War II, it was brought to the Washington Navy Yard where it was on exterior display until the mid-1980s where it was placed into storage. Following conservation, the radar is now on display at the National Electronics Museum, Linthicum, Maryland. Original is a black and white negative. National Museum of the U.S. Navy Photograph Collection.
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Caption: NMUSN-1019: XAF Radar Antenna, 1960s. Being delivered to the Washington Navy Yard for display. Note the U.S. Navy tug alongside a small thin barge carrying the radar antenna. The tug appears to be USS Wahtah (YTB-140). This radar was the first shipboard radar to be installed onboard a U.S. Navy ship, USS New York (BB-34). Surviving World War II, it was brought to the Washington Navy Yard where it was on exterior display until the mid-1980s where it was placed into storage. Following conservation, the radar is now on display at the National Electronics Museum, Linthicum, Maryland. Original is a black and white negative. National Museum of the U.S. Navy Photograph Collection.
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