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Family History
MacMinn family historyU.S.S. LST-794 History of a WWII Tank Landing Ship that served in the Pacific during WWII. My father served on this ship.
Some software projects I've been working on. These projects are all pure javascript and run in the user's browser:
USS Slater SA-2 Air Search Radar Simulator The SA-2 was an early air-search radar used on many smaller ships during WWII. This code simulates the "A-display" of the radar, which shows the range to the target and the magnitude of the reflection, which is a rough estimate of target size.USS Slater HFDF Simulator HFDF was a radio-direction finding technology that played a significant role in the WWII Battle of the Atlantic. This code simulates a HFDF system display
USS Pampanito / USS Slater ECM II Encryption Machine Simulator The ECM II system was a very secure cipher system used during the war and after, until 1959. It is not known to have ever been broken. This code simulates an ECM cipher machine and allows the user to encrypt and decrypt messages.