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Old 04-05-07, 11:16 AM   #3
Snowman999
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Was this really true that a Submarine was deaf at periscope level with all engines shut off etc.
It is not true. USN submarines routinely used passive sonar at PD to track and classify targets and to monitor torpedo performance. The sound heads were on the keel.
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