Historical and in-game drawbacks of using active sonar

[Sailor Steve]

I have to fall back on my old standby: It's not what they could do that's important, it's what they actually did, and reports are always better than guesswork. It would make sense to me that they could, but I've never read one single account of anyone on a surface ship hearing a ping through the hull, so my inclination is to say no.

[Daniel Prates]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

I have to fall back on my old standby: It's not what they could do that's important, it's what they actually did, and reports are always better than guesswork. It would make sense to me that they could, but I've never read one single account of anyone on a surface ship hearing a ping through the hull, so my inclination is to say no.

My point of view, also. I too never hear any tale about ship crewmen 'hearing' pings. Now in a submerged sub, that's another matter.

What about surfaced subs? It's hull would still be 90% below waterline. Would you recall any story about a sub crew hearing pings when on periscope depth, or coning tower depth, or something similar? Or only when properly submerged?