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NH 98283 USS Boston (CAG-1)

Photo #: NH 98283 USS Boston (CAG-1)
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Title: USS Boston (CAG-1)
Description: Underway off the Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts, after overhaul, 26 July 1960. Note the new electronics antennas received during this overhaul, among them a Tactical Air Navigation (TACAN) pot atop the mainmast, antenna for SPS-29 air search radar (replacing a SPS-12) atop the pedestal aft of the mainmast, and two SPQ-5 guided-missile guidance radars (replacing the ship's original pair of Mark 25 Mod 7 types) just forward of the Terrier missile launchers. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.
Catalog #: NH 98283
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