cultural warship question.... ?

Sniper297 · 03-29-14, 07:33 PM

Oh you're gonna bring THAT up again.

I was on AMERICA in 81, they removed the sonar in 82, I swear I had nothing to do with it. Pure coincidence.

IIRC several KITTY HAWK class carriers had the dome but the AMERICA was the only one to actually have the sonar installed, the others were empty.

Dunno which one that is, but a good pic of the dome in drydock. I think the ESSEX class were equipped with sonar for the CVS role, but the reason was so they could hear and dodge torpedoes easier, rather than try to replace a destroyer. Makes sense since postwar electric fish meant you couldn't count on lookouts seeing the wakes.

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03-29-14, 07:33 PM	#11
Sniper297 The Old Man Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Philadelphia Shipyard Brig Posts: 1,386 Downloads: 160 Uploads: 19	Oh you're gonna bring THAT up again. I was on AMERICA in 81, they removed the sonar in 82, I swear I had nothing to do with it. Pure coincidence. IIRC several KITTY HAWK class carriers had the dome but the AMERICA was the only one to actually have the sonar installed, the others were empty. Dunno which one that is, but a good pic of the dome in drydock. I think the ESSEX class were equipped with sonar for the CVS role, but the reason was so they could hear and dodge torpedoes easier, rather than try to replace a destroyer. Makes sense since postwar electric fish meant you couldn't count on lookouts seeing the wakes.