The SG radar was an American naval
surface-search radar A surface search radar, sometimes more accurately known as a sea-surface search radar or naval surveillance radar, is a type of military radar intended primarily to locate objects on the surface of lakes and oceans. Part of almost every modern naval ...
developed during the Second World War. The prototype was tested at sea aboard the
destroyer in May 1941.
[Watson, p. 212] It was the first microwave surface-search radar to be equipped with a
plan position indicator. The first operational set was installed aboard the
heavy cruiser
The heavy cruiser was a type of cruiser, a naval warship designed for long range and high speed, armed generally with naval guns of roughly 203 mm (8 inches) in caliber, whose design parameters were dictated by the Washington Naval ...
in April 1942.
[Friedman, p. 148]
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Naval radars
World War II radars
Military equipment introduced from 1940 to 1944
Military radars of the United States