Curious question...

Originally Posted by Kapitan

I would immagine it is loud however in reality no submarine would use active sonar if it was on a mission simply because it gives your position away so easily.

That is true Kaptain. I've even seen a picture of a friend of mine sitting at his station in the sonar room onboard an SSN. The "active" sonar switch had a taped piece of paper with a big red circle with a line running through it! LOL!!!

NO!!! DON'T PRESS THAT BUTTON!!!!