When computers went to sea : the digitization of the United States Navy / David L. Boslaugh.

Author
Boslaugh, David L. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Los Alamitos, Calif. : IEEE Computer Society, ©1999.
Description
xxiv, 467 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

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    Notes
    "The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers."
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 421-439) and index.
    Contents
    • Radar--New Eyes for the Fleet
    • Beginnings of Radar
    • May Day--24 October 1944
    • Creation of Radar in the U.S. Navy
    • Start of the Naval Research Laboratory Radio Location Project
    • Tracking Projectiles in Flight--The Battleship New York Tests
    • The Plan Position Indicator
    • The Baby Gets a Name
    • Mass Production
    • London--An Easy Target
    • Chain Home
    • Learning to Use Radar at Sea
    • The Most Valuable Cargo
    • Radar at War in the Pacific
    • McNally's Day of Infamy
    • Aboard Lexington
    • Aboard the Flying Boats
    • The Fighter Director Officers
    • CXAM in Action
    • Rest in Peace CXAM
    • The CXAM Lives On
    • Turning Point for McNally
    • Evolution of the Combat Information Center
    • The Kamikazes
    • Divine Wind
    • Floating Chrysanthemum
    • A Lingering Problem
    • Legacy of the Kamikazes
    • Legacy of Radar
    • Problems
    • Quest for Solutions
    • The Three Ts
    • The Guided Missile Frigates
    • Too Much Data and Not Enough Information
    • Three Digital Attempts
    • The Canadian Navy's Digial Automated Tracking and Resolving System
    • Early Digital Experiments at the Navy Electronics Laboratory
    • The Semi-Automatic Air Intercept Control System
    • Trouble with Analogs
    • The Royal Navy Comprehensive Display System
    • NRL's Electronic Data System
    • The Intercept Tracking and Control Console
    • Project COSMOS
    • Project CORNFIELD
    • The Codebreaking Computers--A Digital Solution
    • The Navy Codebreakers
    • A Place Named Seesaw
    • From Steam to Electrons
    • A Machine Named Ice Cream
    • The Naval Computing Machine Laboratory.
    Other title(s)
    Digitization of the United States Navy
    ISBN
    • 0769500242
    • 9780769500249
    LCCN
    99024731
    OCLC
    41039887
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