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Old 02-13-08, 01:11 PM   #995 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Box View Post
Did they have electronics way back then!
Of course. We even had computers. :o Not on the swift boats tho. :(

The original radar system I was trained on had vacuum tube type computers. One was installed on the USS Enterprise and the other on the USS Long Beach. I spent 4 years on the Big E. :)

Then I decided ships weren't fun. Especially if you wanted to be around your family. So, I switched to shore based sonar systems. :)

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