Did IJN ships have DF or radar warning gear?

[CanadianSilentHunter]

Originally Posted by tater

Japanese DF capability was supposed to be decent, but I'm unsure of their capabilites at sea. Certainly this capability was an assumption of prewar USN doctrine, and why our subs kept quiet.

Radar detection is more vague, though I seem to recall reading about attempted setups (using radar) that the US skipper thought was detected.

I ask because all the sns files have blank spots for DF and radar detection gear...

tater

Tater I know we've had our disagreements in the past ( I'll even give you that the zero is only a fighter, 99.99 % of the time) DF while at sea was of a hit and miss variety when it came to the IJN. I've never heard of them having much luck with radar, especially earlier in the war and at sea. Don't hold me to that, but when I'm at the library tomorrow I will check this out furthur. I'll get back to you tommorow.