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The main mast of USS Foote (DD-511) carries the SC-1 air and surface search radar known as the “bedspring.” USS Foote, a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the third United States Navy ship named for Rear Admiral Andrew Hull Foote, who served during the Civil War. Built by Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine, she was launched on 11 October 1942, sponsored by Mrs. J.C. Aspinwall, Admiral Foote’s granddaughter, and commissioned on 22 December 1942 with Commander Bernard L. Austin in command. She reached the Pacific in June 1943, was struck by a Japanese torpedo during the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay off Bougainville on 2 November 1943, and after repairs in California served in the Philippines and off Okinawa. USS Foote was sold on 2 January 1974 and broken up for scrap.
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