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I served as a Sonar Technician aboard two Knox Class Frigates, the USS Brewton FF-1086 (Pearl Harbor) 1977-79 and the USS Hewes FF-1078 (Charleston) 1979-81. Both of my former ships are still on patrol in the Taiwanese (R.O.C.) Navy. Funny how every Hollywood movie shows sonar in active mode, pinging away, and now this military museum is showing the same! The AN/SQS 26CX sonar was both active and passive. We rarely used active sonar while deployed. The USS Hewes had a towed array sonar system (TASS) which was passive sonar. It was deployed from the stern below the fantail with a winch system. The ranges to targets were sometimes at very great distances, depending on sea conditions (temperature, salinity, biologics, wave action). The Soviets were always trying to get photos from aircraft (Bears) and small ships (AGI's) while the TASS was being deployed and retrieved.
I think that the service in the Navy is very interesting and at the same time very difficult. The crew of the ship is always like one big family. Thank you so much for the detailed comment, it was very interesting to read!
Thank you for the stroll down memory lane. I served on the USS Ainsworth (TCG Ege) from 1978-1982 and it's nice to see how well maintained she's been kept.
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