The CXAM radar system was the first production radar system deployed on United States Navy ships, operating in the mid-high VHF frequency band of 200 MHz...

(for the era) reaching 1 MW in late-war upgrades. The German Freya and US CXAM (Navy) and SCR-270 (Army) were similar. Post-war models moved to the microwave...

removed. In June 1942, following the battle of Midway, Hornet had a new CXAM radar installed atop her tripod mast, and her SC radar was relocated to her...

at Pearl Harbor. Northampton was one of six ships to receive the new RCA CXAM radar in 1940. Northampton was at sea with Admiral William Halsey, Jr. in...

385 MHz CXZ. In 1941, Texas was one of fourteen ships to receive the RCA CXAM-1 radar. Soon after war broke out in Europe in September 1939, Texas began...

(28 mm) batteries was added. Wasp was one of 14 ships to receive the early RCA CXAM-1 radar. After those repairs and alterations were finished, Wasp got underway...

San Pedro, California. Chicago was one of six ships to receive the new RCA CXAM radar in 1940. Chicago continued to operate out of San Pedro until 29 September...

detects surface craft and is also useful for night navigation. (x): CXAM onboard; CXAM radar is a medium range radar to detect both ships and aircraft. Officer...

the Pacific. Enterprise was one of fourteen ships to receive the early RCA CXAM-1 radar. Captain George D. Murray assumed command of the carrier on 21 March...

Problem XXI that April. Yorktown was one of six ships to receive the new RCA CXAM radar in 1940. At the same time her signal bridge atop the tripod foremast...

guns replaced the main armament in early 1942. Saratoga received an RCA CXAM-1 early warning radar in February 1941 during a refit in Bremerton. The antenna...

repairs on 21 March 1942. Ranger was one of 14 ships to receive the early RCA CXAM-1 radar. Ranger served as flagship of Rear Admiral Arthur B. Cook, Commander...

dual-purpose guns replaced the main armament in early 1942. Saratoga received a RCA CXAM-1 early warning radar in February 1941 during a refit in Bremerton. The antenna...

XAF radar sets; on being delivered to the Navy, they were designated as CXAM radar; one set was installed aboard California in 1940, with the other five...

guns, a CXAM air-search radar, and an SG surface-search radar. During her early 1944 refit, she received an SK air-search radar in place of the CXAM and a...

through the spring of 1941. She was one of 14 ships to receive the early RCA CXAM-1 radar. On 26 May, she got underway for Pearl Harbor, from which she served...

developing two systems similar to their own existing Chain Home, the Navy's CXAM and the Army's SCR-270. This began to break the ice between the two groups...

arriving on the 12th. Pensacola was one of six ships to receive the new RCA CXAM radar in 1940. Maneuvers frequently found the cruiser off Midway and French...

Designation Wavelength Platform CXAM 150-cm large surface ships SK-1 large surface ships SK-2 large surface ships SC 50-cm surface ships SF 10-cm too heavy...

above which the aft main battery director cupola was housed. One of the new CXAM-1 radars was installed above the cupola. The older 5-inch /51 cal anti-ship...

and processing systems SC radar (Colorado and Maryland) SK radar SRa radar CXAM radar (West Virginia) Armament 8 × 16 in (406 mm)/45 caliber Mark 1 guns...

fuel oil Complement 87 officers 576 enlisted Sensors and processing systems CXAM radar from 1940 Armament 10 × 8 in (203 mm)/55 caliber guns (2×3, 2×2) 4...

Designated CXAM, deliveries started in May 1940. The acronym RADAR was coined from "Radio Detection And Ranging". One of the first CXAM systems was placed...

Radar equipment Name Image Type Origin Notes CXAM radar Radar picket  United States Installed on ships SCR-268 radar Radar  United States SCR-270 Radar...

foremast to receive a CXAM radar antenna when it became available. Augusta was one of fourteen ships to receive the early RCA CXAM-1 radar. Departing Mare...

– 21 January 1941). Chester was one of six ships to receive the new RCA CXAM radar in 1940. Home-ported at Pearl Harbor from 3 February, the cruiser exercised...

like this, but found it was virtually identical to the US Navy's longwave CXAM radar. The Americans then described their microwave research done by Loomis...

improved and designated CXAM; these 200-MHz (1.5-m), 15-kW sets went into limited production with first deliveries in May 1940. The CXAM was refined into the...

commissioned with two Mark 38 directors and were originally fitted with a CXAM air search, two Mark 3s and three Mark 4 secondary armament. By November...

guns, a CXAM air-search radar, and an SG surface-search radar. During her early 1944 refit, she received an SK air-search radar in place of the CXAM and a...