How does one pronounce "ASW"?

[KJakker]

Originally Posted by Skwabie

Back in my flight sim days I'd read "RWR" (radar warning receiver) as R-W-R, until I flew with a pilot and he told me it's said as "raw" by the pros.

So questions to those in the club... Does ASW have a shortened pronunciation or you just say it as A-S-W?

And how about ASuW?

The "raw" pronunciation likely goes back to at least the Vietnam War era. At the time an alternate term "Radar Homing and Warning", which gives the acronym "RHAW", was commonly used to refer to early radar warning receivers.

[subcritical]

ASW - am I the only one who see that as Auxiliary Seawater! I guess that shows what side of the waves I was on!

[ETR3(SS)]

Originally Posted by subcritical

ASW - am I the only one who see that as Auxiliary Seawater! I guess that shows what side of the waves I was on!

And what side of the watertight door as well.