Talk:Radar picket

Converted merchant ships

I would like to propose the removal of some extraneous information about the AGR Guardian-class radar picket ships from this section; the information is readily available in the main article on these ships. Thoughts? Tfdavisatsnetnet (talk) 05:07, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

OK, changes made Tfdavisatsnetnet (talk) 05:35, 8 June 2021 (UTC)

Non-radar picket posting

The following text was added to the Japanese WW2 section. While it definitely covers costal-maritime pickets, in fact these ships did NOT use radar and so do not belong in this article.Tfdavisatsnetnet (talk) 02:01, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto organized a coastal patrol force composed of 116 vessels (mostly fishing ships and armed merchants) to serve as an early warning network to any incursion towards the Japanese mainland since Japan didn't have any land-based Radar Stations. These ships served the role of Radar pickets although the base ships (Light Cruisers) were the only vessels in the force to have any radar equipment. The Nittō Maru, one of the patrol vessels, had spotted the US task force that was carrying the Doolittle squadron and radioed a warning message, forcing the Doolittle squadron to launch 150 miles (240 km) ahead of schedule which would cost them almost all of their fuel.

HMS Sheffield (Falklands War / Malvinas)

Shouldn't this article include reference to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Sheffield_(D80) - sunk during that conflict while operating as a picket? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.241.217.179 (talk) 10:34, 29 July 2023 (UTC)

I think this would be a good addition. Tfdavisatsnetnet (talk) 05:14, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

A lot of this is just the basic principles of "scouting" or "sentries", as applied to radar specificity..

Just saying, it could be more clear. 208.98.223.19 (talk) 16:24, 28 March 2024 (UTC)