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  1. wardd
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    wardd Senior Member

    right location, wrong device
     
    wardd, Oct 7, 2010
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  2. Angélique
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    Angélique aka Angel (only by name)

    Can't be wrong. I said... ‘‘ Don't know what your item is. ’’

    Good Luck!
    Angel
     
    Angélique, Oct 7, 2010
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  3. wardd
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    ok, not what the pic is
     
    wardd, Oct 7, 2010
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  4. Angélique
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    Angélique aka Angel (only by name)

    Just took a Virtual Tour (scroll down) on a guppy. Didn't see your device, so I still don't know.

    Good Luck!
    Angel
     
    Angélique, Oct 7, 2010
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  5. wardd
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    I'll give a hint

    this was used on earlier subs
     
    wardd, Oct 7, 2010
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  6. Angélique
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    Angélique aka Angel (only by name)

    Earlier than the 1953 'USS Albacore' from the virtual tour I linked..?

    Cheers,
    Angel
     
    Angélique, Oct 7, 2010
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  7. Angélique
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    Angélique aka Angel (only by name)

    Excuse, I took the virtual tour on a AGSS-569, not a Guppy.......

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    I think your device is from a Guppy class sub.

    Good Luck!
    Angel
     
    Angélique, Oct 7, 2010
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  8. mark775

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    "Sun compass"? We sometimes call them "sundials".
    Also; "rough weather they would fare as well as any other plane trying to land on the water.
    since the advent of the helicopter they have become irrelevant."     - Why do you present your guesses as fact?
     
    mark775, Oct 7, 2010
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  9. BostonSailBoat
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    difficult

    Nice guess Angel, my guess would have been as good as the first guy
     
    BostonSailBoat, Oct 7, 2010
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  10. wardd
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    it was on ww2 US subs
    guppys were updated ww2 fleet subs so they may have had it too
     
    wardd, Oct 7, 2010
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    RHP, Oct 7, 2010
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  12. WickedGood

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    Its an old SINS

    and as we all know old SINS never die.

    They just evolve into new SINS

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    WickedGood, Oct 7, 2010
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    Thanks Angel, it was indeed a Viking sun compass, probably the type used when sailing to Iceland, Greenland and America :)
     
    Raggi_Thor, Oct 11, 2010
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  14. wardd
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    ok, to keep this going

    what is the dial for, on the forward mast
     

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  16. Angélique
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    Angélique aka Angel (only by name)

    Torpedo Data Computer (TDC)

    New teaser is a bit to soon here Wardd..!! - The old one was not solved yet . . ;)

    OK, so it's on a WW II US Fleet Type Sub..., lets take a look on one of those....

    here's the USS PAMPANITO (SS-383)

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    ....and there it is..., an interesting piece of equipment..!!

    it's a Torpedo Data Computer (TDC), an analog computer, of about 1,500 lbs. A big machine..!

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    (this^ is only a part of it)

    Here's a lot of info about the TDC on the USS Pampanito.


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    And here are links to the manuals in PDF format.

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    I have a nice new teaser but I'm also happy with the one Wardd has put up above as I have very little time to follow up the responses at the moment. So we save mine for later . . :)

    Good Luck!
    Angel
     
    Angélique, Oct 11, 2010
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