AN/SPS-6
History
the AN/SPS-6 was the first of the postwar generation of L band search radars. It is typically carried at the masthead. The antenna was designed to have a broad beam in the vertical dimension for the detection of high altitude jets.
AN/SPS-6 was first procured by the USN in 1947. No new versions were developed after 1963 and all seem to have been out of service by 1985.
AN/SPS-6 was developed into the AN/SPS-12.
Used on
- Essex-class aircraft carrier
- Saipan-class aircraft carrier
- Independence-class aircraft carrier
- Iowa-class battleship
- Worcester-class cruiser
- Des Moines-class cruiser
- Porter-class destroyer
- Fletcher-class destroyer
- Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer
- Gearing-class destroyer
- AN/SPS-6 aboard USS Spiegel Grove
- Mitscher-class destroyer
- Dealey-class destroyer escort
- Claud Jones-class destroyer escort
- USS Triton
- Suribachi-class ammunition ship
- Harukaze-class destroyer
- San Giorgio-class destroyer
- Impetuoso-class destroyer
- Centauro-class frigate
- Tribal-class destroyer
- Admiral Pereira da Silva-class frigate
Affiliated systems
Part description
The part has both sideviews and a plan view drawn.
