US Navy Communications, Command, & Control (C3)

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Role of Communications in the Evolution of Command & Control Systems

• From 1800's to 1945 Combat Information Center (CIC) - book - "Information at Sea"
• 1945 CIC Manual - link
• More on CIC - link
• Post 1945 - The development of NTDS -  web pages
• Post 1945 - The development of NTDS - book - "When Computers Went to Sea"
• NTDS AN/USQ-20 Computer
• 1986 Navy Command and Control System- from NAVEDTRA 10204A (thanks to Google Books)

CIC - USS Lexington 1943	WW2 CIC
NTDS CIC Test Mockup	AN/SRC-16 HF Radio for NTDS  AN/SRC-16 description  - thanks to Collins Collectors Association
AN/USC-27 HF/UHF Data Communication System    AN/USC-27 description  - thanks to Collins Collectors Association