Old DASH guy here. If we could'a found 'em, we could'a nuked 'em. Big IF. Our operating range was 30+ miles out from the ship (destroyer). Our effective sonar range was maybe 5 miles. I spent my time exclusively in the Gulf of Tonkin (except for transiting), and I would think that the limited depths in that area would preclude us having to worry about the boomers to any great degree. I never had any interactions with sub guys to get their side of the story.ScottDLS wrote:Weren't the P-3 squadrons pretty good at finding Soviet subs? And the Helos with the dipping sonar? When I was in the Navy the sub guys told us the only ones that ever had a chance of finding our SSBN's were our own attack boats and even that was rare. My first ship was a guided missile destroyer. Only thing our active sonar was good for was messing with whales!
p.s DASH = Drone Anti Submarine Helicopter