A radar picket is a radar-equipped station, ship, submarine, aircraft, or vehicle used to increase the radar detection range around a nation or military...
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ahead of the main formation Radar picket, a radar equipped vehicle on picket duty Picket boat, a small military boat Picket (Polish: pikieta), a slang...
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Airborne early warning and control (redirect from Airborne radar system)
(AEW) was used for earlier similar aircraft used in the less-demanding radar picket role, such as the Fairey Gannet AEW.3 and Lockheed EC-121 Warning Star...
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USS Requin (section Radar picket operations)
the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, being converted to a radar picket submarine under project MIGRAINE. Her four stern torpedo tubes were removed...
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Tench-class submarine (section Radar picket)
the kamikaze demonstrated the need for a long range radar umbrella around the fleet. Radar picket destroyers and destroyer escorts were put into service...
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Balao-class submarine (section Radar picket)
the kamikaze demonstrated the need for a long range radar umbrella around the fleet. Radar picket destroyers and destroyer escorts were put into service...
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halfway through each shift a new soldier is put on watch. Radar picket Screening (tactic) Screw picket Skirmisher Point man Vedette (sentry), a mounted sentry...
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USS Pillsbury (DE-133) (section Radar Picket Ship)
with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1947. She served again as a radar picket ship from 1955 to 1960 and was sold for scrapping in 1966. She was named...
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USS Triton (SSRN-586) (category Radar picket ships of the United States Navy)
(SSRN/SSN-586), the only member of her class, was a nuclear powered radar picket submarine in the United States Navy. She had the distinction of being...
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Gato-class submarine (section Radar picket)
Whitman, Edward C. (Winter–Spring 2002). "Cold War Curiosities: U.S. Radar Picket Submarines". Undersea Warfare. Archived from the original on 20 December...
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USS Fechteler (DD-870) (section Radar picket destroyer)
United Nations Forces during the Korean War, underwent conversion to a radar picket destroyer from 1 April to 1 December 1953, alternated operations along...
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The Guardian-class radar picket ships were a class of ocean radar picket ships (YAGR, later AGR), converted 1954–1958 from World War II Liberty ships...
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fighter director ship. She received special radio and radar equipment and completed radar picket training before departing on 27 January 1945 for the invasion...
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modification to become a radar picket, with the addition of the Sea Cat missile, as well as new anti-aircraft weaponry and new radar. In 1963 Barrosa joined...
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upgrades than the Allen M. Sumners, as seen in the wartime radar picket subclass, the 1950s radar picket destroyer (DDR) and escort destroyer (DDE) conversions...
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type which overlaps somewhat with picket boats Radar picket, a larger ship or submarine, used to extend the range of radar coverage. Crash boats of World...
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USS LSM(R)-189 (section Okinawa Radar Picket Line)
when struck by a Japanese kamikaze aircraft on 12 April 1945 while on radar picket duty off Okinawa. She, with USS LSM(R)-190, rescued survivors from USS Mannert...
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underwent conversion to become radar pickets. The conversion included the addition of the Sea Cat missile and new radar, as well as newer Anti-Aircraft...
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War another 36 would be converted. All would be replaced by more modern radar by 1965. During World War II 94 DEs would be converted to High Speed Transports...
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USS Redfin (section Radar picket submarine, 1953–1959)
reclassified SSR-272. Recommissioned 9 January 1953, she engaged in radar picket duty for the next 6 years in American coastal waters, off northern Europe...
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escort duty. Reaching action waters on 24 June 1945, she was assigned to radar picket and local escort duty, often firing on Japanese aircraft. After the close...
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attack for Navy vessels and convoys. Post-war, she was converted to a radar picket ship to support the DEW Line. Thomas L. Kirkpatrick was born on 5 July...
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USS Harveson (section Conversion to radar picket ship)
conversion to a radar picket ship. She recommissioned at Vallejo, California, 12 February 1951 and, as the first of a new class of radar picket ships, she...
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to have fighters intercept the Japanese as early as possible. Sixteen radar picket stations were established around the island, in some cases almost 100...
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Retrieved 2023-06-06. Budzbon, Radziemski & Twardowski 2022b, pp. 166–168 "Radar picket ship - Project 62". russianships.info. Retrieved 2023-06-08. "Легкие...
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Japanese aviator made a really determined attack on radar picket station 15. In fact, Ammen's radar screen remained clear of bogies during the morning...
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USS Chambers (section Radar picket ship)
1954, and began conversion to a radar picket escort vessel. Chambers was recommissioned 1 June 1955 for radar picket duty out of Newport, Rhode Island...
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coastal antisubmarine and radar picket ship duty. During World War II, seven destroyer escorts (DEs) were converted to radar picket destroyer escorts (DERs)...
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was the first submarine built expressly for radar picket service, and was equipped with BPS-2 and BPS-3 radars in and aft of the sail. She and her sister...
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USS Picket (YAGR/AGR-7) was a Guardian-class radar picket ship, converted from a Liberty Ship, acquired by the US Navy in 1955. She was obtained from...
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