This research paper has been produced in order to document the Asdic/Sonar, Radar and IFF systems used by the RCN during WWII and post  war. Covered are all systems specifically fitted to HMCS Haida from 1943 to 1963..  This research, originally produced for HMCS HAIDA, then went on to cover radar, ASDIC and IFF used by the RCN in the period WWII to the 1970s.

To contact the author: jerry.proc@sympatico.ca.

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Part 1 - This Introduction Page and Table of Contents

Part 2 - ASDIC/SONAR - General Information

Part 3 - ASDIC Equipment Types: Section A
Covers types:123, 124, 127D, 128, 128A, 132, 134 and 135

Part 4 - ASDIC/SONAR - Equipment Types: Section B
Covers types: 144,147F, 149, 162, 163A,164B, 165, 170,
AQS-4C, SQS-10, SQS-11, SQS-501,SQS-502, SQS-503,
UQC-1B, UQB-1B, Outfit 7A, and 761

Part 5 - MODERN DETECTION METHODS
Covers types: AN/SQS-504, AN/SQR-501, AN/SQS-510(V) and AN-UYS-503

Part 6 - MINESWEEPING
Covers type SA only

Part 7 - IFF SYSTEMS
Covers types: 242, 253P, AN/UPA-24 /KY80, AN/UPA-24  /C1008,
AN/UPX-1A  /RT-194A, AN/UPX-1A  /KY-61A,  AB-274,
AN/UPX-5 /RT-269, AN/UPX-5  /KY-88, AS-177, AN/UPM-99 and AS-177,

Part 8 - RADAR Systems: Section A
Covers types: Magnetrons, CSC, SW1C, 267mw, 268, 271, 275, 276, 277, 281 and 285

Part 9 - RADAR Systems: Section B
Covers types: 286, 290, 291, 293, LN-16, LN27, MX-1618/UP, Radar Test Sets, SPA-4,
SPA-8, SPG-34, SPN-8, SPQ-2D, SPS-6C, SPS8-8A, SPS-10B, SPS-12, SPS-501,
SPS-502, SPS-503, Sperry Mk 2, Sperry 127, AN/SRR-4, Type SU, ULX-501, UPM-99 ,
VD2 , VK2, VK3, VK-5, VL-1

Part 10 - Countermeasures
Covers types: SLR-2, ULX-501,  UPD-501, WRL-1 and Countermeasures Training

Part 11 - Ops Room/EW Photos

Part 12 - Navigation
Covers types:  DAU, MDF-5, Sperry Mk 2 Loran, SPN-7, UPN-7, URD-4

Epilogue

REFERENCE MATERIAL

 
CHANGES

2021/01/16 - 144 ASDIC movie film added
2021/10/23 - 134C ASDIC edited
2022/08/18 - Added Sperry Mk II material. .