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Stadimeter #008

August 29th, 2009 | Photography | Posted by Sheila

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Quartermaster 2nd Class Joshua Livangood uses a Stadimeter to measure an elevation/range from the bridge of the cruiser Anzio (CG 68) at sea in the Somali Basin on Friday, August 21, 2009. The stadimeter cme out of a wooden box (see below) that looked and smelled old. I was surprised to see something so "classic" being used, but found out they also use a digital at close range. This just looked so NAVY.

Quartermaster 2nd Class Joshua Livangood uses a Stadimeter to measure an elevation/range from the bridge of the cruiser Anzio (CG 68) at sea in the Somali Basin on Friday, August 21, 2009. The stadimeter cme out of a wooden box (see below) that looked and smelled old. I was surprised to see something so "classic" being used, but found out they also use a digital at close range. This just looked so NAVY.

Serial #008. Carbonara Labs in NY. Pretty Cool.

Serial #008. Carbonara Labs in NY. Pretty Cool.

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  1. Fred Louese Says:
    September 1st, 2009 at 10:14 am

    You ALWAYS need to be prepared to use gear that has zero technology. Any smart bad guys are going to get rid of the technology when the bullets start to fly. I was a QM from 73-97 (when I was commissioned) and always relied on sextants and stadimeters. I taught many submarine JO’s that they served a more useful purpose that standing on the boxes during field days to get to the high dirt.

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