Getting WAA range in baffles

[Sonoboy]

Towed array.

[Zerogreat]

The range is determined from the WAA (wide aperture array), not from the towed array or sphere array, so maybe even when the contact was in TA baffles the WAA could still see it, because its baffles are different? :hmm:

[goldorak]

Originally Posted by Zerogreat

The range is determined from the WAA (wide aperture array), not from the towed array or sphere array, so maybe even when the contact was in TA baffles the WAA could still see it, because its baffles are different? :hmm:

Exactly.
The 3 sonars (bow, ta, and waa) have different baffle zones.

[Jamie]

The WAA is on the hull of the Seawolf, so the baffles of the Towed Array are not related to the WAA's functionality per se.

From pg. 87 of the manual:

Submarine Flank Arrays
A flank array is a flat rectangular panel on the side of the sub.
Seawolf Wide Aperture Array (WAA): The WAA consists of three flank
arrays on each side of the Seawolf class submarines. In S.C.S. -
Dangerous Waters the Seawolf’s WAA can provide rapid passive
localization (RAPLOC) for sonar contacts within a 15 kyd range. See
Seawolf Stations/Seawolf Sonar Suite/Seawolf Broadband Station for
information on how to use the WAA to determine the range of a contact.