Ship Hydrophones

[Sea Hawk]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

the newer ones were mounted on the lower bow which meant as the ship plunged in and out of the water, the noise of the spray would render them useless.

I missed this when I first looked at your post.
I supose a ship being bigger is a much more stable platform so the bows did not keep coming out of the water, so they can hear from above & we have to descend.