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To: carranza2 who wrote (464330)1/10/2012 12:40:13 PM
From: robert a belfer1 Recommendation  Read Replies (2) of 793967
 
carranza2, thank you for the peice. It really gave me a walk down memory lane. In the late 70's and 80's I was at the cutting edge of ASW for the surface fleet. I rarely recount this because it is embarrassing. I have thousands and thousands of hours in the sonar shack looking for soviet submarines in the most advanced surface ASW platform of its time.

The only real world soviet sub contact I ever prosecuted was first spotted by our helo pilot with his MARK I eyeball. (The water was very clear).

I think we were the bullet catchers if it got ugly(Frigates). Although it was above my paygrade I had access to a lot of msg traffic and had the strong impression that our P-3 and SSN escorts were prepared to take out the underwater threats.

As an aside I want to add that I was a PacFleet sailor. Water conditions matter a lot. My friends who did Med cruises had VERRY different experiences.
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