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The California's utilized the MK-74 Tartar Fire Control System, not the missile itself, and were initially armed with RIM-66 Standard Missile-1MRs as were the Virginias, Kidds, and anyone else with an SPG-51. The SM-1MRs required illumination all the way.SM-2MR with midcourse guidance and autopilot did not arrive until after the California and Virginia classes entered service. The California class were unique as the only Mk 13 equipped vessels in the US Navy to fire the SM-2 after their deep NTU modifications.
The California's utilized the MK-74 Tartar Fire Control System, not the missile itself, and were initially armed with RIM-66 Standard Missile-1MRs as were the Virginias, Kidds, and anyone else with an SPG-51. The SM-1MRs required illumination all the way.
SM-2MR with midcourse guidance and autopilot did not arrive until after the California and Virginia classes entered service. The California class were unique as the only Mk 13 equipped vessels in the US Navy to fire the SM-2 after their deep NTU modifications.
