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- ART DAYSON - |
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BOWDITCH MEMORABILIA, 1973 |
| Before reporting to OcUnit One on USNS Bowditch
I attended two technical schools, one for the CP677 computer in Dam Neck,
VA,and a second for the SASS bathymetry sonar at Harris ASW in Westwood, MA.
Here are the graduation certificates. |
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| Course Graduation
Certificate, Spec Tech CP677 |
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The CP-677 computer was the data
processing equipment for the SASS multibeam sonars used on Bowditch, Dutton
and Michelson (and on USS Compass Island AG-153). It was also used on the
BRN-3 Satellite Navigation Receiver and as NAVDAC, the navigation data
assimilation computer. |
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Course Completion
Certificate, SASS |
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SASS was the
first multibeam, stabilized, bathymetry sonar, now
commonly called SWATH sonars. |
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"Command Duty Officer Assignments", OcUnit One Memo, 15 June 1973 |
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"Helpful information for personnel being transferred to Oceanographic Unit
ONE", Commanding Officer, Oceanographic Unit ONE, 30 March 1972. |
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