Radio Central. P2018-0619T121924
The heart of the Facilities Controls. On the left side is the Transmitter Transfer Switchboard. The TTS sends voice or encrypted teletype signal to selected transmitters for outbound communications. The equipment at the end is the Direct Current Patch Panel (SB-1203/UG. These electronic devices mounted in this rack connects encrypted direct current signal to special cryptographic (coded) equipment. On the right is the Receiver Switchboard. The Receiver Switchboard directs the inbound radio signal from the HF Receivers to a selected Teletype Converter or to a remote Radio Set for voice.
Below Decks tour aboard the U.S.S. Midway (CV-41). U.S.S. Midway Museum, 910 N. Harbor Drive, San Diego, San Diego County, California. June 19, 2018 at 12:19 PM PDT.
The USS Midway is the lead ship of her class and preceding the Essex class. Built for World War Two, however, the Midway was commissioned ten days after the end of World War Two, on September 10, 1945. At the time of her commissioning, the Midway held the record as the largest ship in the world, she held that record until 1955. The Midway served the U.S. Navy for 47 years, seeing action in the Vietnam War, and in Operation Desert Storm. She was decommissioned on April 11, 1992. The Midway was opened to the public as a museum ship on June 7, 2004. The Midway is the only carrier museum in the United States from WWII that is not of the Essex Class.
Radio Central. P2018-0619T121924
The heart of the Facilities Controls. On the left side is the Transmitter Transfer Switchboard. The TTS sends voice or encrypted teletype signal to selected transmitters for outbound communications. The equipment at the end is the Direct Current Patch Panel (SB-1203/UG. These electronic devices mounted in this rack connects encrypted direct current signal to special cryptographic (coded) equipment. On the right is the Receiver Switchboard. The Receiver Switchboard directs the inbound radio signal from the HF Receivers to a selected Teletype Converter or to a remote Radio Set for voice.
Below Decks tour aboard the U.S.S. Midway (CV-41). U.S.S. Midway Museum, 910 N. Harbor Drive, San Diego, San Diego County, California. June 19, 2018 at 12:19 PM PDT.
The USS Midway is the lead ship of her class and preceding the Essex class. Built for World War Two, however, the Midway was commissioned ten days after the end of World War Two, on September 10, 1945. At the time of her commissioning, the Midway held the record as the largest ship in the world, she held that record until 1955. The Midway served the U.S. Navy for 47 years, seeing action in the Vietnam War, and in Operation Desert Storm. She was decommissioned on April 11, 1992. The Midway was opened to the public as a museum ship on June 7, 2004. The Midway is the only carrier museum in the United States from WWII that is not of the Essex Class.