The tripod mast is a type of mast used on warships from the Edwardian era onwards,[dubious – discuss] replacing the pole mast. Tripod masts are distinctive...
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A pagoda mast was a type of superstructure erected on a tripod mast that was common on Japanese capital ships that were reconstructed during the 1930s...
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and tripod masts have been used—also, on some past Japanese warships, complex pagoda masts. USS Nevada with lattice masts HMS Invincible with tripod masts...
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with British tripod masts for the first time while serving with the Grand Fleet during World War I. Unlike lattice masts, the heavier tripods did not suffer...
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radar installed atop her tripod mast, and her SC radar was relocated to her mainmast. Unlike her sisters, Hornet's tripod mast and its signal bridge were...
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island was to be 110 feet (33.5 m) long, containing two funnels and a tripod mast. They were staggered to make it more difficult for an enemy ship to estimate...
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search radars, one mounted on the tripod mast on the island and the other on the aft starboard retractable radio mast. Amagi's keel was laid down by Mitsubishi...
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by an armoured hood, and the other was in the spotting top above the tripod mast. Each turret was also fitted with a 15-foot rangefinder. The main armament...
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Rig (sailing) (section Square-rigged masts)
single and tripod masts Makassar benawa with tanja sails on removable tripod masts and a jib Makassar padewakang with tanja sails on bipod masts Micronesian...
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funnel. She had a new bridge, her original tripod mast and spotting top were replaced by a straight pole mast, and carried a crane amidships designed for...
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pajala type hull with Makassar-styled rudder mounting and tripod mast. The second tripod mast is supported by the roof of its deckhouse. This boat carried...
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and air-operations control center. The island was fitted with a small tripod mast intended to carry the ship's fire-control system. Fifteen different types...
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include: Having outriggers that are not as long as their hulls, bipod or tripod mast with a canted square sail (tanja sail), a bowsprit with a spritsail,...
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main mast, and aft. The forecastle deck extended back to the second funnel and the main superstructure was constructed without the ungainly tripod mast seen...
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bridge and air operations control center. It was fitted with a small tripod mast that mounted one of the ship's radar antennas. The ship was designed...
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a 15-foot (4.6 m) rangefinder. The other director was on top of the tripod mast and was equipped with a 9-foot (2.7 m). The main armament could be controlled...
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bridge and air operations control center. It was fitted with a small tripod mast that mounted one of the ship's radar antennas. The ship was designed...
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In 1919, Bretagne was equipped with a heavy tripod mast; Provence and Lorraine were given tripod masts in the early 1920s. Four of Bretagne's boilers...
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and the bridge structure was enlarged around the base of the forward tripod mast. During the first year of World War I, the base of the forward superstructure...
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was chosen using computer simulation of the radar cross section. The tripod mast and 76 mm gun also have stealth features. Three LM500-G07 gas turbine...
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Bofors guns remained. The electronics were modernized and the mast was replaced by a tripod mast. All five ships were retrofitted with two triple Mark 44 torpedo...
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installed on the tripod mast between May and December 1916. A pair of directors for the secondary armament were fitted to the legs of the tripod mast in 1916–1917...
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scrapping at Kearny, New Jersey. A promise was made to save the distinctive tripod mast for inclusion in the Naval Academy's new football stadium, but was never...
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Glossary of nautical terms (M–Z) (redirect from Military mast)
and receivers. In succeeding decades, tripod masts replaced the earlier pole masts and lattice masts. Tripod masts persisted in some navies until the 1960s...
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by an armoured hood, and the other was in the spotting top above the tripod mast. Each turret was also fitted with a 15-foot rangefinder. The main armament...
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had to be removed. The electronics were modernized and the mast was replaced by a tripod mast. When the six destroyers were later in dock, the initially...
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removable bipod masts Makassar benawa with tanja sails on removable tripod masts and a jib Makassar padewakang with tanja sails on bipod masts Micronesian...
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100-millimetre (3.9 in) guns planned by the Norwegians, and a large tripod mast was to be fitted behind the single funnel to carry the directors for...
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mounts were replaced by two quadruple mounts. The forward pole mast was replaced by a tripod mast to accommodate improved radar and electronics systems. Local...
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August 1940. Her refit had included the addition of a Type 279 Radar, a tripod mast and zarebas for the 4" batteries. In August 1940, Ajax was allocated...
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