Thanks for the link Sailor Steve. On page 44 it says:
"Since the speed of surface escort ships produces a noise level too high for efficient listening, they depend heavily on echo-ranging to detect submarines. In fact, surface escorts echo-range continuously".
This is what I have always thought. Any other views?
Nemo
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