ArtshipRadio

A few views of the radio room equiment on the Artship.

The Artship began it's life in 1938 as the passenger/freight ship DeOrleans (I think that's right). It only served in that capacity for two years before the Navy took it over for WWII.

The radio panel:

The back of the radio panel. All tubes:

finally, here's a knife switch used to select the various antennas:

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