USS INDIANAPOLIS - CA-35 WW2IND(memorial)hamstation

USS INDIANAPOLIS - CA-35 (memorial)

US Navy WWII Radio Room Exhibit
IWM Info Page

(Pix found during our radio equipment info search!) .....[[]] indicates Navy ships used for our Radio room Exhibit!

Interviews with WWII USN Radio Men and research of several existing US Navy ship museum's
help us arrive at the final display for the Indianapolis ; US Navy WWII Radio Room Exhibit.

US Navy ships used to support this exhibit:

[[]]CL-92 USS Little Rock-1945 * Radio RM pic * radio rm gear-6 *radio rm gear-11
[[]]CA-139 USS Salem-1950 * Radio RM pic *Main radio rm pic *Mian Radio rm-b pic *RAK-RBB bench pic
*Transmitters pic *Work bench pic
[[]]CL-89 USS Miami-1944 * Radio RM layout Blue print drawings reduced *Ship side view w/antennas
*Ship side view Radio Central & Radio II location *Top view RadioII (AFT) *Top view Radio Central *3D view Radio Central
[[]]DE-766 USS Slater * AFT Radio RM 2007 pic *Port Radio RM 2007 pic
[[]]DD-793 USS Cassin Young * Radio RM layout * Radio RM -1 * Radio RM -2 *tty rom-1 pic *tty-2 pic
[[]]BB-55 USS North Carolina * Radio RM 2 Rcvr pos's. pic * Radio RM Transmitters. pic * WWII Navy Rcvr, (RBB) pic
[[]]BB-60 USS Alabama

*USS Indy Radio RM pix (proposed)

IWM US Navy WWII Radio room Exhibit -radio gear suggested.

05 feb2009 ...Crist

Since the USS Salem, Littlerock & Slater were very similar ships to the USS Indianapolis
and the USS Cassin young & USS North Carolina Radio gear is the same time period (1944-1950).

The Gear listed is our wish list for the IWM US Navy WWII Radio room exhibit.

# ..indicates ones we will use in the IWM US Navy radio room exhibit.

##.. indicates 2nd choice.

p..indicates the info page location in the Navy equip. Catalogue.

We need Pictures of the # or ## gear listed and any donation of these items is needed to complete

The Radio room exhibit. ( Mock-up Pix will fill in until described item can be donated.)

Radio #1 Display

Click on links for pix+info..

receivers: (mock -up all 3)

[ ]# AN/URR-RBA receiver..15Khz.to 600 Khz.---CW/AM (-1) or (-6) p46 __DD793 USS Cassin Young

[ ]#AN/URR-RBB receiver..500Khz to 4 Mhz.---CW/AM (-1) or (-6) p48 _DD793 & DE-766 USS Slater & BB-55

[ ]#AN/URR-RBC receiver..4Mhz to 27 Mhz. ----CW/AM   p48_____CA-139 USS Salem & BB-55

Receivers in Aft radio room were:

[ ]##-AN/URR-RBS   2Mhz. to 20 Mhz.--- CW/AM (-1) or (-6) p69___DD793 & CA-139 (optional)

[ ]#-AN/URR-RBB 500Khz. to 4Mhz. ---CW/AM (-1) or (-6) p48

Transmitters are : (mock-up (1)

[ ]# AN/SRT-TAJ ..175Khz. to 600Khz.---CW/AM   500 W (-2) p94____BB-55 North Carolina

[ ]# AN/SRT-TBA 4Mhz. to 26Mhz.--- CW/AM   600 W (-6) p99 (Stand alone rack)___CA-139 & ____BB-55 North Carolina

(perfer to Moch-up this Transmitter ; doubt we will find one!)

[ ]# AN/URT-TCK 2Mhz. to 18.1Mhz.---AM -100 W   CW-40W p100 ____BB-55 North Carolina

TCZ 2Mhz. to 18 Mhz. ---p155 ____BB-55 North Carolina

Transmitters in aft radio room were :

AN/URT-TCK ..2Mhz. to 18.1 Mhz.---

[ ] #AN/URT-TCZ 2Mhz. to 18 Mhz. another TCZ-- p154..CA-139 Salem & ____BB-55 North Carolina


or AN/SRT-TDE p158...DE-766 Slater & ____BB-55 North Carolina

Note:1..seems to be a discrepancy data collected and this info..USS Indy supposedly had (2) radio room

1-FWD & 1 AFT. not 3 ? ...CCrist

Misc. Added: (need data on these Items and better pix.)

[ ].#.Transmitter Transfer Switch board ..SB-83/SRT (pix) no data.

[ ].#.Transmitter Transfer Switch board ..SB-863/SRT (pix) no data.

[ ].#.Radio Set control..C-1138/UR (pix) no data.

[ ].#.CW key, SB-315 A-U (pix) no data.

[ ].#.CW Key & Control NT26012 (pix) no data.

Other 1944 Rcvrs:(not used) (optional)

AN/URR- RAO-3...540-30mc p38

AN/URR -RAX-7....5-600kc (no data)

AN/URR -RAL-7....3-23mc p38

Misc. Related Links:

Other US Navy Ships Info link page
Navy Radio CW Keys & Controls page

Chuck Crist -W9IH

Coordinator Ham radio operations

WW2IND Trustee