AN/SPS-2
{{Short description|US three-dimensional radar}}
{{Infobox radar|name=AN/SPS-2|image=File:SPS-2 antenna aboard USS Northampton (CLC-1) c1954.jpg|caption=AN/SPS-2 aboard USS Northampton|country=United States|introdate=1953|manufacturer=General Electric|power=10 kW|azimuth=|frequency=L Band|range=620 km (330 nmi)|type=3D|number=2|beamwidth=1.6° × 2.7°|PRF=240 Hz|pulsewidth=6 µs}}
AN/SPS-2 is a three-dimensional radar manufactured by General Electric. It was used by the US Navy as a height finder radar after World War II, and was only used equipped aboard two naval vessels during the Cold War.
AN/SPS-2
It was only equipped aboard two ships which was USS Northampton and USS Little Rock as the radar alone weights 23.6 tons and while the whole system weights 44 tons. It was too heavy to be fitted aboard any destroyers, thus only used twice aboard cruisers.{{Cite web|title=AN/SPS-2 - Radartutorial|url=https://www.radartutorial.eu/19.kartei/11.ancient2/karte012.en.html|access-date=2021-06-16|website=www.radartutorial.eu|language=en}}
Its first service started aboard USS Northampton, commissioned in 1953. The second radar was put in service aboard USS Little Rock in 1960, after she had completed her guided-missile cruiser conversion.{{Cite web|title=AN/SPS Series Radars|url=https://www.alternatewars.com/BBOW/Radar/SPS_Series.htm|access-date=2021-06-16|website=www.alternatewars.com}}
= On board ships =
Gallery
File:RIM-8 Talos on USS Little Rock (CLG-4) 1960 (KN-1120).jpg|AN/SPS-2 aboard USS Little Rock
File:USS Little Rock (CLG-4) at New York Shipbuilding, Camden, on 19 December 1959 (NH 98974).jpg
File:USS Little Rock (CLG-4) fires a RIM-8 Talos missile on 16 November 1961 (NH 98954).jpg
File:USS Little Rock (CLG-4) fires a RIM-8 Talos missile on 4 May 1961 (NH 98953).jpg
File:USS Little Rock (CLG-4) underway c Nov 1960.jpg
File:USS Northampton (CC-1) in the North Atlantic 1960.jpg|AN/SPS-2 aboard USS Northampton
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Citations
References
- Norman Friedman (2006). [https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Naval_Institute_Guide_to_World_Naval.html?hl=ja&id=4S3h8j_NEmkC The Naval Institute Guide to World Naval Weapon Systems]. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 9781557502629
- Self-Defense Force Equipment Yearbook 2006-2007. Asaun News Agency. ISBN 4-7509-1027-9