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Gibson Girl Emergency Radio
Collectors Item!!

(EQP) AN/CRT-3
The ultimate WWII Collectors Item!! Gibson Girl emergency radio. Brand new!! Complete radio survival kit.

If your airplane or ship went down, once in the raft, you assembled the box kit or helium balloon to float a long wire strap, the Gibson Girl, between your legs and crank the handle to send an automatic SOS. Manual morse code could also be sent.

Output on 2 bands: 2.5 watts on 500 KHz and 2 watts on 8,280 KHz. Manual included. 4 available!!
 
 
$895 each
 
 

Dead Reckoning
Tables

Dead reckoning tables (DTR) were used to physically draw coordinates of a ship as it followed a course at sea. Most often to double back to an exact location and retrieve a man overboard. Large graph paper was placed under the plotter and the mechanized assembly in the bottom compartment manipulated the X and Y axis accordingly.

Wood cabinet and frame, lid with glass panels. Shows the wear of many years on a battleship. Overall dimensions 39" x 53" x 14". Usually the Navy painters got carried away and painted the bottom portion of the cabinet.

We have a variety of DTRs available ranging in price from $300 for a bare case with no lid and various drive parts to $4000 for a complete and rebuilt unit ready for the high seas. Dead reckoning equipment to drive the plotters also available from SSON. We are not experts with this equipment as it was acquired when we purchased Compass Technical of Patterson, NJ. We continue to catalog this antique material week by week, year by year.

Shipping: The DTR is large and heavy. If shipped motor freight we will cover it in Styrofoam, then corrugated and band it to a skid for $50. Figure $100-$300 or so for motor freight, depending on the ship to address.
(EQP) DRT
This particular unit seems to be missing several minor parts but generally looks operational. It is the subject picture above.
$995 each
(EQP) MARK6-MOD3
This is the finest specimen It was still in the crate as received from the Navy many years back. I located it in the warehouse, stripped off the banding and discovered it is most likely 100 percent complete, best I can tell. It is a Mark 6 Model 3 Serial Number A634452, made by ANSCO. The wood cabinet is decent but it had not been refinished so I don’t know if the guts have been reworked or not. I don’t believe you will find one more complete or in this good of condition. The shipping tags on the outside indicate the unit was shipped from the Navy to Compass Technical, the company I acquired some years back. So you might say I am the third owner.
$2,995 each

Retro WWII Navy
Living Room!!
NOTE: Simulated picture - Legs not included
(EQP) DRE-CT
Make a coffee table out of a DTR. Glass top allows viewing of parts inside. Strip gray paint and refinish entire cabinet to that of fine furniture. Add 4 legs and a couple of books on the top – voilá– coolest coffee table on the block!

We will provide a complete outer case with glass top and some interesting mechanics inside to view. You do the rest.
 
 
$595 each
 

Lionel Corporation
Binnacle

(EQP) BINN-LIN
Lionel Corp. yes, the train manufacturer, put trains on hold during WWII and concentrated on the needs of the US Military. This binnacle style, Pelurus No. 1, was made between 1942 - 1959. Total height is 56-1/2" and base flange diameter is 14". They are very heavy and made from non-ferrous metal, normally brass.

This piece is non functional as all parts under compass dial are missing. Would restore nicely to be a great conversation piece. One close up shot shows the trap door open to dial illumination light bulb area.

Many other binnacles are available ranging in price from $300 to $2000 depending on condition and completeness. Also, fully rebuilt compass gyros are available elsewhere on this site that will fit the compass well.
 

Depth-O-Meter

(MTR) S44A
This meter was used shipboard in WWII to set depth of sonar microphones. Made by Hickok for Bludworth Marine in 1940's. 5" x 5-1/4" x 1-7/8" behind panel. 3-1/2" hole required.

Used / removed but in working condition.

Great conversation piece!
$695 each
 
$39 each