Sonar A school in San Diego

Jerry Peer June 28, 2012 at 9:45pm

Thanks Rob, I also am an x-Sub. sailor, (diesel boat) SS424, got out in 71. and yes all surface boats are targets, and all maned by skimmers. LOL From what I can find out so far the surface school is only about 16 weeks long, and yes my son plains on being a Skimmer. :-(

Rob Jones said:

Well, I attend Sonar 'A' school in SandyEggo (!) in 1973. Things have probably changed quite a bit since then, but here's what I remember:

There are two sonar A schools - one for submarines and one for surface ships, AKA targets (I was a sonar tech on submarines; we refer to all surface ships as targets).

My A school was 26 weeks long. I think I had to stand watches maybe twice during my time there - not bad at all.

The school itself was heavy on: Electronics and underwater sound theory.

I went to this school after having been on a boat for a year, so I already had my dolphins. This made me the automatic class leader as everyone else was fresh out of boot camp. It was nice...

Anything else?

Rob

NavyDads Admin (Paul) June 27, 2012 at 9:11pm

attached some info about surface sonar tech rating.....this is a PDF file....

STG_occs_CH-44, Oct 10.pdf

Rob Jones June 27, 2012 at 5:56pm

Well, I attend Sonar 'A' school in SandyEggo (!) in 1973. Things have probably changed quite a bit since then, but here's what I remember:

There are two sonar A schools - one for submarines and one for surface ships, AKA targets (I was a sonar tech on submarines; we refer to all surface ships as targets).
My A school was 26 weeks long. I think I had to stand watches maybe twice during my time there - not bad at all.
The school itself was heavy on: Electronics and underwater sound theory.
I went to this school after having been on a boat for a year, so I already had my dolphins. This made me the automatic class leader as everyone else was fresh out of boot camp. It was nice...

Anything else?

Rob

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