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To: longnshort who wrote (292914)2/17/2009 7:28:29 PM
From: pheilman_  Read Replies (3) of 793937
 
It is all in good fun, but it was a British ship that struck a French ship. The British ship was, I believe, a US design, a Trident.

What I would question is why each ship was being very quiet at approximately the same depth. Just guessing, 100 m deep. I can see why they would not follow the aviation rule of altitudes for headings: even altitudes for N-S and odd altitudes for E-W (or whatever). They would not want to be predictable in this way as it would give a clue for finding the subs. But, they could steal a page from fiction and select +/- 20 m above and below 100 m randomly every day, every cruise or every hour. The 20 m is picked based on the height of the sub.

But no way could they not hear each other IF they had been listening properly. It is boring to sit in sonar, just as it is boring to sit in most compartments in a boomer. Tough to keep a tight ship if they still have rum but have given up the lash.
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