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Originally Posted by Laffertytig
Not at flank speed they didn't. Anything over 10 knots and there would be to much bow wave distortion. Weather also doesn't seem to affect it as I was runnin surfaced at flank speed in a storm.
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In real life a storm all by itself with no boat movement would make for very messy sonar conditions which would markedly shorten detection range to well under visual range. Many times during the war subs had to dive to 100' or lower to get decent listening conditions during a storm.