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The main tower from the
starboard bow
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From top, The Flag, Air Search radar, Spot One (the main fire
control director), Sky One, and the conning tower. Sky Two's radars
can be seen to the left.
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Spot
One
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Spot One, so called as the optics aboard was used to call the spot
of the splash on a near miss. Before radar and spotter planes, the
optics mounted on the top of a battleship's tower was responsible for
targeting the main guns. The optics inside are similar to the
"oversized binoculars" shown inside the main turret. The arms
extended well out from the ship as the distance between the lens
increased the accuracy with which range could be estimated. Spot One
was and remained a position of high prestiege, much to the
disgruntlement of the air crews of the spotter planes. The air crews
felt they could do a far better job. In World War II, the optics was
augumented by a range finding radar, mounted on top of the optics
turret.
Spot One is aMk 38 gun director, with a Mk 13 radar mounted on
top.
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Spot Two from near the
stack.
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Spot Two is mounted much lower on the ship. The aft tower was kept
just below the level of the stack. Most of the smoke (hopefully)
passed over the spotting optics. The optics and turret is identical
to Spot One, but Spot Two apparently did not receive the late war
radar upgrade. The radar mounted above the optics is an older unit, a
Mk 8.
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Spot Two from
below
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Spot 2 from the
stern
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