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tomoose · 05-19-10, 09:10 AM

They weren't that good at the beginning of the war. I don't think you can rely on specific ranges anyway as there were many variables that affected hydrophones/sonar such as depth, temperature, the weather topside etc.

So while you could state "my hydrophone's range is 25 miles" you wouldn't want to hang your hat on that. You'd have to be fairly flexible on range estimates for passive stuff. Having said that I'm sure a really good experienced hydrophone operator would be able to accurately 'guess' a range.

05-19-10, 09:10 AM	#4
tomoose Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 930 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	50nm by end of war They weren't that good at the beginning of the war. I don't think you can rely on specific ranges anyway as there were many variables that affected hydrophones/sonar such as depth, temperature, the weather topside etc. So while you could state "my hydrophone's range is 25 miles" you wouldn't want to hang your hat on that. You'd have to be fairly flexible on range estimates for passive stuff. Having said that I'm sure a really good experienced hydrophone operator would be able to accurately 'guess' a range.