cultural warship question.... ?

[TabbyHunter]

Originally Posted by LCQ_SH

Well that is logic for passive sonar....but not for active.. don't you think?

Granted a movie is a movie but;

The Hunt for Red October

"They're pinging away and moving at close to 30 knots. They could run over my daughters stereo and not hear it."

A battleship is rather loud. Even with active pinging, your sonar man won't hear the returning ping over the engines...unless you want to turn them off and render yourself highly vulnerable to a potential submarine....or air attack. They are not exactly agile....or even fast to "turn on."