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Re: Sextant on a current US Navy vessel.
From: Brad Morris
Date: 2019 Nov 9, 11:31 -0500
From: Brad Morris
Date: 2019 Nov 9, 11:31 -0500
Likely a stadimeter, as there does not appear to be an index mirror. The arrangement of the other mirrors matches that of a Brandon Stadimeter.
On Sat, Nov 9, 2019, 11:17 AM Robert VanderPol II <NoReply_RobertVanderPolII@fer3.com> wrote:
At 1m55s of the video there is asextant laying out on the shelf under the windows of the bridge (?). Kind of casually being left out unless they are using it for horz angles or waterline to horizon ranges.
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