Optical Range Finder

Optical range finder in aft main battery turret. Using principles similar to those made miniature for photographic cameras, range finders like this one provided a means of determining the distance to visible targets.

 

USS Massachusetts

BB-59

South Dakota-class Battleship

 

Naval History and Heritage Command:

www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/da...

 

Battleship Cove

Fall River, Massachusetts

 

Batteship Cove

Fall River, Massachusetts

 

Battleship Cove web site:

battleshipcove.org

 

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