sonar sounds

sdfiddler · 08-24-05, 10:40 PM

I've served on a US SSBN for almost 4 years (USS Rhode Island), and I've heard active sonar from DDG's, CG's, SSN's, CVN's, etc at the USN's testing and training ground Andros IS, Bahamas. Active sonar kind of sounds like a really annoying single bird chirp. Think of it as a high pitched sound that seems to climb up 3 steps like one note followed by 3 or so individual higher pitched notes. I'm not sure what the old WW2 Active sounded like, but I know that lying in my rack in the off wath time, Active from a surface combatant would wake me up as you can hear it through the hull very clearly and distinctly! Hope this clears it up! Go Navy beat Army!

08-24-05, 10:40 PM	#2
sdfiddler Nub Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 2 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Active Sonar I've served on a US SSBN for almost 4 years (USS Rhode Island), and I've heard active sonar from DDG's, CG's, SSN's, CVN's, etc at the USN's testing and training ground Andros IS, Bahamas. Active sonar kind of sounds like a really annoying single bird chirp. Think of it as a high pitched sound that seems to climb up 3 steps like one note followed by 3 or so individual higher pitched notes. I'm not sure what the old WW2 Active sounded like, but I know that lying in my rack in the off wath time, Active from a surface combatant would wake me up as you can hear it through the hull very clearly and distinctly! Hope this clears it up! Go Navy beat Army!