NMUSN-1018: XAF Radar Antenna, 1960s
![NMUSN-1018: XAF Radar Antenna, 1960s. Being delivered to the Washington Navy Yard for display. Note the U.S. Navy tug alongside a small thin barge carrying the radar antenna. This radar was the first shipboard radar to be installed onboard a U.S. Navy ship, USS New York (BB-34). Surviving World War II, it was brought to the Washington Navy Yard where it was on exterior display until the mid-1980s where it was placed into storage. Following conservation, the radar is now on display at the National Electronics Museum, Linthicum, Maryland. Original is a black and white negative. National Museum of the U.S. Navy Photograph Collection. NMUSN-1018: XAF Radar Antenna, 1960s. Being delivered to the Washington Navy Yard for display. Note the U.S. Navy tug alongside a small thin barge carrying the radar antenna. This radar was the first shipboard radar to be installed onboard a U.S. Navy ship, USS New York (BB-34). Surviving World War II, it was brought to the Washington Navy Yard where it was on exterior display until the mid-1980s where it was placed into storage. Following conservation, the radar is now on display at the National Electronics Museum, Linthicum, Maryland. Original is a black and white negative. National Museum of the U.S. Navy Photograph Collection.](/content/history/museums/nmusn/new-nmusn/behind-the-scenes/curator/general/artifacts/xaf-radar-receiver/nmusn-1018/_jcr_content/mediaitem/image.img.jpg/1689089999667.jpg)
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Wars & Conflicts
- World War II 1939-1945
Navy Communities
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