Ordnance equipment list for USS Texas (BB-35), dated March 1945, with a supplementary ordnance summary dated 25 August 1945. The list covers the main battery, secondary battery, anti-aircraft directors, and radar equipment installed and authorized at that time. For fire control background, see Ford Rangekeeper Mark II Fire Control Equipment.
The ordnance equipment list columns are: Description, Mark, Mod, and Quantity. Quantity is further divided into Installed and Authorized; Authorized is further divided into Temporary and Ultimate.
Ordnance Summary — 25 August 1945
In the plotting rooms the term "Gun Director" applies to the "Stable Elements" and to the "Stable Verticals." Above decks the term "Gun Director" applies to the "Aloft Gun Directors."
Main Battery Gun Directors:
Qty 2 — Main Battery Gun Directors Mark 4 Mod 3
Qty 1 — Main Battery Gun Director Mark 20 Mod 0
Qty 1 — Main Battery Gun Director Mark 20 Mod 1
There is also listed a quantity of 1, Stable Vertical Director Mark 32 Mod 4. This is an Arma Stable Vertical for main battery guns. Therefore there were a quantity of 2 Stable Elements and 1 Stable Vertical aboard serving the main battery guns.
Secondary Battery Plotting Rooms are usually a part of the main battery and
secondary main battery plotting rooms.
Qty 2 — 5"/51 Gun Directors Mark 6 Mod 7
Qty 2 — 5"/51 Gun Directors Mark 7 Mod 7
Anti-Aircraft Directors:
Qty 4 — 3" DP Gun Directors Mark 51 Mod 3
Qty 2 — 3" DP Gun Directors Mark 51 Mod 4
Qty 10 — AAMG Gun Directors Mark 51 Mod 2
Radar Equipment:
Qty 2 — Radar Equipment Main Battery Mark 3 Mod 2
Qty 2 — Radar Equipment 3" or 5" DP Mark 10 Mod 5
