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Old 03-08-10, 03:22 PM   #1
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For me the question remains as to when (if ever) the Japanese adopted the practice of using active sonar all of the time to patrol for submarines. Using this fix past that date wouldn't be Kosher.
In addition to this, did the escorts occasionally "go active" while escorting a convoy/task force? If so, some sort of a random timer to switch the active sonar range on for a period might be good.
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Old 03-08-10, 04:56 PM   #2
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Thanks for the explanation, helped a lot.In the book Silent Running by Admiral James Calvert who was on the USS Jack, Calvert mentions the Japanese actively pinging when just patroling with the convoys, which gave away the convoys location.
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