Brooke Class DEG/FFG antenna question

Its not a SATCOM dish

Its a SPG-51 missile guidance radar dish

Wiki is your friend on this

The Brooke class has only one SPG-51. I identified all the radars and antennas that were listed in my copy of Ships and Aircaraft of the US Fleet 1978. Except this one.

The later SATCOM is circled in red

and this is the kit part in the same location. It is not part of the fire control system, from everything I could look up. And all the sites/photos I have found have not showed this item or area clearly

Yes that is a OE-82/WSC-3 sat com antenna, there are two on each ship (DD, FF FFG ect..) this one looks like a coffee can the older version was a square flat plat with four diepole antennas pertruding out from it. If you do a search WSC-3 satcom antenna it will show up I do not know the designation of the older antenna they seem to lable them the same, If I know how to post a pic I would. The pedistal lower drive is exactly the same, once you look for it on an older ships picture you will not miss it. they also are in sets of two ussually one forward one aft.. R/Mike

Thank you for pointing me in the right direction. I found this site using the search parameters you suggested. The lowermost antenna looks like what the kit was trying to depict.

http://www.l-3com.com/datron/products/sa.htm