1953 Press Photo Robert Mitchell checks the sonar aboard the Eugene Moran

Description: Note: Please study the images carefully to determine the condition of this vintage photograph, as it may not be in perfect condition. It may contain wrinkles, cracks, and possibly even tears due to its age and how it was handled before it got to us. A scanner may interpret colors and contrast differently than human eyes will, so it is possible that the actual photograph may be slightly darker or lighter in person. This vintage photograph is offered for sale as a collectible item and conveys no transfer of copyright. 1953 Press Photo Robert Mitchell checks the sonar aboard the Eugene Moran This is an original press photo. New York - A new sonar device that fulfilled the long-time dream of fishermen and marine pilots to be able to "look around" underwater and "see" ahead and to the sides of their boats has been demonstrated by the Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Company. The device is a new type of electronic echo-sounding instrument with a revolutionary engineering feature that permits it to scan underwater like a sweeping searchlight. Called the Sea Scanner, the device operates like radar but uses bursts of high-frequency soundwaves instead of radio signals to probe the underwater depths. Whatever the instrument "sees" - whether it is fish, whales, underwater instructions, or the contours of the bottom of the channel - is shown on a radar-type screen mounted in the pilot house or other convenient location. A tracking technique that has been developed with the Sea Scanner has already proved a boon to a Canadian whaling vessel - the Nahmint - which captured three whales with the device the first week it was installed on the vessel. The soundome, sonar "eye" of the Sea Scanner, is checked by Minneapolis-Honeywell engineer Robert Mitchell after its installation alongside the keel of the drydocked tug Eugene Moran in Hoboken, New Jersey. Scanning the murky depths like the probing beam of a searchlight, the device reveals on its radar-type screen schools of fish, sunken wrecks, hidden reefs, shoals, and fog-bound shorelines.Photo measures 7.25 x 9inches. Photo is dated 09-30-1953. PHOTO FRONT PHOTO BACK Historic Images Part Number: afx21521 Sell Smarter with Kyozou.Inventory and Ecommerce Management

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