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  2. Ship gun fire-control system - Wikipedia

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    Mark 37 Director c1944 with Mark 12 (rectangular antenna) and Mark 22 "orange peel" Ship gun fire-control systems (GFCS) are analogue fire-control systems that were used aboard naval warships prior to modern electronic computerized systems, to control targeting of guns against surface ships, aircraft, and shore targets, with either optical or radar sighting.

  3. Engine order telegraph - Wikipedia

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    This is somewhat confusing, as the classification society rules for merchant ships still in fact require an EOT to be provided, to allow orders to be transmitted to the local control position in the engine room in the event that the remote control system should fail. The EOT is required to be electrically isolated from the remote control system.

  4. List of battleships of the United States Navy - Wikipedia

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    The term "fast battleship" was applied to new designs in the early 1910s incorporating propulsion technology that allowed for higher speeds without sacrificing armour protection. The US Navy began introducing fast battleships into service following the Second London Naval Treaty of 1936, with a total of ten across three classes entering service.

  5. Self Defense Test Ship - Wikipedia

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    The Self Defense Test Ship (SDTS) is an asset of the US Navy. It is a refurbished ship that is in some cases operated by remote control; that capability is designed to support self-defense engineering, testing, and evaluation. [citation needed] When uncrewed, it can avoid the safety constraints and other problems associated with crewed ships.

  6. Iowa-class battleship - Wikipedia

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    The four Iowa-class ships were the last battleships commissioned in the U.S. Navy. All older U.S. battleships were decommissioned by 1947 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register (NVR) by 1963. Between the mid-1940s and the early 1990s, the Iowa-class battleships fought in four major U.S. wars.

  7. Seaborne target - Wikipedia

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    A U.S. Navy QST-35 SEPTAR. In the U.S. Navy, a Seaborne Powered Target (SEPTAR) is an unmanned surface vehicle used as the naval counterpart of a target drone. They are remote-controlled, and all but the smallest can be equipped with electromagnetic emitters to appear as a larger ship on sensors. [1] As of 2013, U.S. Navy SEPTARs include: [1]