AVGWarhawk, you quoted what "RANGE - MARK" meant. We talk about "BEARING - MARK" though. Also, as I said above, I'm positive that at least the TBT was connected. Heck, maybe not to the TDC directly, maybe there was a readout next to it on the conn and Joe sailor entered it into the TDC, but this is not the point, the point is that bearing was TRANSMITTED INDIVIDUALLY. And in case of the TBT via a button (because the thing was on the bridge while the TDC was below). Check the quote I provided above.
With the periscope I think there was a readout on the gizzmo itself which could be read by a bystander when the CO/XO said BEARING - MARK. I could digg it up as well, but it would be pointless - since the point is that BEARING was a seperate and independent entry into the TDC, no matter how that entry was exactly done in the end.
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