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The AN/SPG-53 was a United States Navy Gun Fire-control radar (International Telecommunication Union classification: radiolocation land station in the radiolocation service), used in conjunction with the Mark 68 gun fire-control system.
 Mark 68 GFCS director with AN/SPG-53 radar antenna on top. | |
| Country of origin | United States |
|---|---|
| Type | Gun fire-control |
| Range | 120,000 yd (59 nmi)[1] |
| Precision | Fire control quality, three-dimensional data |
| Power | 250kW (SPG-53A)[1] |
It was used with the 5"/54 caliber Mark 42 gun system aboard Belknap-class cruisers, Mitscher class, Forrest Sherman class, Farragut class and Charles F. Adams-class destroyers and Knox-class frigates of the US Navy, as well as Australian Perth-class destroyers and Spanish Baleares-class frigates.[2]
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- ^ "File:SPG-53 Radar with Mk 68 Director.jpg - Wikimedia Commons". commons.wikimedia.org. 9 May 1978. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
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