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 - Class of 1955

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Page 52 text:

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Now set condition One Able Able for small drone firing is a familiar phrase aboard the TOLEDO and sets the s ene for KD 26 to go into action Although KD Unit 26 has a srrall crew its members are highly trained specialists and play an invaluable role n the training of the ship s gun crews Comprised of six men a CPO and an officer In charge they perform all maintenance and testing of the targets and equipment The drone known variously as bird Target P A and Zoomer is a complex aircraft designed to simulate a high speed fighter aircraft making dive bombing strafing and torpedo runs Powered by a 72 horsepower two cycle engine It has a speed of approximately l85 knots lt is a highly maneuverable and very elusive target as attested to by the 3 50 gunners who have fired many a round of ammunition at It The bird weighs about 3l8 pounds fully loaded and It is launched by catapult During flight it is controlled by radio with the controller sending various signals for up down left or right At the end of the flight a parachute is released and the drone drops gently into the water lt is then retrived and given a thorough check which Includes rebuild mg the engine and repairing any damage incurred by gunfire or during recovery operations Though KD Unit 26 is only aboard for temporary duty they can rightly claim a but of glory in producing those Navy E so p dominant aboard the TOLEDO ill 5 iti if 'i sill, it i L rn ft 42, il 2 X s 5 if S

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Page 51 text:

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X , R if , Af SRX X Sm Standing. T. W. PUGH, LTJG D. E. ROBBINS, LT W. B. COLLINS, M. G. WILSON. Kneeling : W. P. BROOKS, L. A. BARRY

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