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Originally Posted by allievo
The British called it ASDIC (acronym for Anti-Submarine Detection Investigation Committee)...
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One of the more interesting anomalies of the war is that the acronym seems to have been made up after the name was given, since there never was any such committee.
http://uboat.net/allies/technical/asdic.htm
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...the Americans called it sonar.
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Which stands for
SOund
Navigation
And
Ranging.
