| FLYING BRIDGE (03 Level) | Gun Director Control House |
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Fire Director Control House. In the Navy, "fire control" is the science of directing gunfire with optics and radar. Fire control, centered in the Mark 52 gun director, is located atop the pilothouse. The gun director contained optics and radar for locating and tracking targets. The gun director is mounted on a Mark 52 pedestal, with a lead computing gunsite (either a Mark 14 or Mark 15), and a radar for ranging (a Mark 26). From the gun director, information on target course and speed is fed automatically into the "fire control Computer" located below the director.
This computer combines the information with information on the Slater's course and speed, wind direction and speed, ship's roll and pitch, and the range and trajectory for each gun. The resulting answer is where the guns need to be aimed to hit the target. All three 3inch/50 Caliber guns are fed this information simultaneously. They are kept on target automatically by the director and its computers through a series of servos and synchros. In the event of director system failure, the guns can be aimed by the individual gun crews. This would be known as "local control".
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