Talk:Lattice mast

Potential reference

Might be interesting: http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9A02E3DC143EE033A25752C2A9679D946897D6CF

Any preserved?

Are any cage masts from ships still in existence?

Uncommon usage given priority as entry?

I was surprised to encounter the reference to "lattice mast" as the redirection from "cage mast". The earliest references to these masts, when still in the experimental stage on USE ships refers to them as "peach basket" masts or occasionally "waste basket masts" and later just "basket masts". Although technically these masts are lattice, a Google ngram check finds that the term "lattice mast" in early years almost always leads to things like land-based signal towers, water tank towers, radio towers, etc. In fact the earliest usage in my own naval reading experience of the term "lattice mast" refers not to the US battleship fire control tower masts at all, but rather the introduction of multi-legged framed masts replacing previous pole and tripod masts on British War Emergency destroyers at the T class: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S_and_T-class_destroyer Both the War Emergency Destroyers article and the T class article use the term lattice mast. At the very least, this article should be modified with a new major section to also reference the introduction and relative importance of the lattice mast in these and many postwar Royal Navy, and later, USN and Marine Nationale combatants.

Structurally in fact I would suggest a reorganization as follows: The main entry should be at cage masts by themselves for the USN (and US-built Argentine) and the Russian ships.

It shoud cross-reference to this article "lattice mast" ALso - "lattice mast" should also gain a section about land-based towers non-military towers as well as the reference to the naval masts. 
Basket mast should redirect to cage mast. rather than lattice mast.

Brooksindy (talk) 15:00, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

To my inexpert eye, the masts fitted to the S- and T-class destroyers appear not to be of hyperboloid construction (the subject of this article), but have straight tapering sides - eg file:HMS Scorpion (G72) in June 1944.jpg (high resolution photo).

The terms 'basket mast' and 'lattice mast' were both used in reports of tests in 1912 on such a mast erected on the San Marcos (ex-USS Texas) for gunnery tests. I have added some copy and refs to the article. MinorProphet (talk) 15:41, 12 August 2020 (UTC)