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When computers went to sea : the digitization of the United States Navy / David L. Boslaugh.
Author
Boslaugh, David L.
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Format
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Language
English
Published/Created
Los Alamitos, Calif. : IEEE Computer Society, ©1999.
Description
xxiv, 467 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
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ReCAP - Remote Storage
VB212 .B67 1999
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Naval Tactical Data System
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History
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Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (U.S.)
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Notes
"The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers."
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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.
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Digitization of the United States Navy
ISBN
0769500242
9780769500249
LCCN
99024731
OCLC
41039887
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