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[[File:Battleship Texas - exterior - DSCN0084.JPG|thumb|Tripod mast, as here on  ((USS|Texas|BB-35|6)), were strong enough to carry heavy equipment such as searchlights, radar and the spotting top high up]]
The '''tripod mast''' is a type of [[mast (sailing)|mast]] used on warships from the [[Edwardian era]] onwards,((dubious|date=December 2022)) replacing the pole mast. Tripod masts are distinctive using two large (usually cylindrical) support [[column]]s spread out at angles to brace another (usually vertical) column.

==History==
The masts were intended to provide a raised platform for visual observers and for fire control equipment, elevated up above the main hull for visibility and to reduce the risk of shell damage to the gear and crews. 
These masts used three large cylindrical tubes or columns to form the mast. The tubes provided structural cross-bracing and a stiff structure, but were still structurally efficient and reasonably lightweight.

Tripod masts were predated by pole masts. The idea dates at least as far back as the French ((sclass|Terrible|ironclad|1))s, built in the late 1870s, which used a pair of tripod masts.<ref>((cite book |last=Roberts |first=Stephen |title=French Warships in the Age of Steam 1859–1914 |year=2021 |location=Barnsley |publisher=Seaforth |isbn=978-1-5267-4533-0|page=83))</ref>

The [[Royal Navy]] moved to the tripod mast from pole masts with their last [[pre-dreadnought]] ([[Lord Nelson-class battleship|''Lord Nelson'' class]]) and the first [[dreadnought battleship]], [[HMS Dreadnought (1906)|HMS ''Dreadnought'']] (launched in 1906) and thereafter in their later battleships and battlecruisers.

[[File:Arizona (BB39) Port Bow, Underway - NARA - 5900075 - 1930.jpg |thumb|((USS|Arizona|BB-39|6))'s original 1923 lattice masts]]
[[File:USS_Arizona_after_1931_modernization_NARA_19-LC-19B-1.jpg |thumb|USS ''Arizona''(('))s 1931 tripod mast refit]]
The [[United States Navy]] preferred the lightweight [[lattice mast]], which used an array of thin columns at angles, crossing each other in a double helical spiral configuration in a form of [[hyperboloid structure]]. These were used on their first dreadnought battleships launched in 1908. The US were the only significant users of lattice masts. Eventually, these structures proved less structurally sound than intended.  On January 15, 1918, ((USS|Michigan|BB-27|6)) had a lattice mast collapse in an intense storm.
Beginning in the 1930s, the US Navy started refitting their battleships and other capital ships with the more robust tripod mast design.

The tripod mast structure continued in use until stealth designs started to move away from open masts entirely in the 2000s.((citation needed|date=December 2013)) The Royal Navy began using plated-in masts or "macks" in the early 1960s, either as new construction or by refit, such as that of ((HMS|Salisbury|F32|6)) in 1962.<ref>Marriott, Leo, ''Royal Navy Frigates, 1945-1983'', Ian Allan Ltd., p.50</ref>
[[File:USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) steams through the Mediterranean Sea.jpg |thumb|The ((Sclass|Arleigh Burke|destroyer|1))s have a modern form of tripod mast]]

==See also==
*[[Pagoda mast]]

==References==
((reflist))

[[Category:Watercraft components]]
[[Category:Nautical terminology]]

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