Fun with radar

TG626 · 04-28-14, 09:29 PM

Assignment: lifeguard duty

Spent some time around Savo island plucking airmen out of the drink, when the radar lights up with 5 contacts at extreme range. After a fashion I was still some distance away from them with the shorelines coming up fast.

Seems the surface radar was picking up crashed planes on Guadalcanal....

Is that normal?

Admiral Halsey · 04-28-14, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by TG626

Assignment: lifeguard duty

Spent some time around Savo island plucking airmen out of the drink, when the radar lights up with 5 contacts at extreme range. After a fashion I was still some distance away from them with the shorelines coming up fast.

Seems the surface radar was picking up crashed planes on Guadalcanal....

Is that normal?

Never had the radar pick up anything that was crashed before.

04-28-14, 09:29 PM	#1
TG626 Lieutenant Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: USS Seal - Somewhere in the Pacific Posts: 268 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 3	Fun with radar Assignment: lifeguard duty Spent some time around Savo island plucking airmen out of the drink, when the radar lights up with 5 contacts at extreme range. After a fashion I was still some distance away from them with the shorelines coming up fast. Seems the surface radar was picking up crashed planes on Guadalcanal.... Is that normal? __________________ T. E. Thompson, LTCDR Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Seal (formerly S-40 (SS-145))