From the Straub website (
http://www.ka8vit.com/subops/subop1.htm):
"VHF TRANSCEIVERS:
Later on in WWII SCR522 and SCR624 VHF transceivers were added to the Radio Room. These were multi channel crystal controlled transceivers used primarily to communicate with aircraft, particularly during Life Guard operations."
Redmane, this seems consistent with your observation that VHF is (and was) only useful for LOS.
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Originally Posted by J0313
I am sure that early tower configs used the cable style antenna but when as the war progressed they moved to the "stick or mast style and mounted them on the shears. Thus back to my old assertion that yes, you can transmitte and recieve while at radar depth.
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J0313, I don't mean to denigrate your expertise, but an independent source would certainly confirm your statements. There seems to be considerable evidence against your position, and so far, no evidence that supports it. Do you have family members who remember such submerged transmisions from their WW2 days? A first-person account you have read? NavPers manuals?
BTW, the diagram at HNSA is of a Balao, IIRC. The Balao class was the standard US fleet boat at the end of the war, and didn't enter service until mid-43.