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Sky II was one of four Mark 37 fire control directors for the secondary battery, the 5-inch guns, alongside Sky I, III, and IV. The gun directors tracked range and bearing to both surface and air targets and also determined the altitude of air targets. Antennas for different fire control radars were mounted on top. Despite radar, the men used the 15-foot stereoscopic range finder to get more accurate information. Each Sky Director had a crew of eight: two officers and six enlisted men.
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