The AN/UQQ-2 Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System, colloquially referred to as the ship's "Tail", is a towed array sonar system of the United States Navy.
USNS Invincible as originally configured. Aft view of equipment for the Surveillance Towed-Array Sensor System (SURTASS), 1987.
USNS Able (T-AGOS-20) aft view of SURTASS equipment.
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A towed array sonar is a system of hydrophones towed behind a submarine or a surface ship on a cable. Trailing the hydrophones behind the vessel, on a cable that can be kilometers long, keeps the arra
AN/UQQ-2 Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System
…The AN/UQQ-2 Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System (SURTASS), colloquially referred to as the ship's "Tail", is a towed array sonar system of the United States Navy. SURTASS Twin-Line consists of either the long passive SURTASS array or the Twin-line array, consisting of two…
The DUBV 43C towed array sonar of La Motte-Picquet (D 645)
When not deployed, an Akula's towed array is stored in a teardrop-shaped container mounted on top of the vertical fin.