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Navy/USMC

Navy’s Mine Hunting Fleet Gets First Sonar Upgrade

Defense Daily Staff

Friday, May 4th, 2012

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Naval Surface Warfare Center engineers completed the first sonar upgrade to its fleet of mine hunting vessels designed to improve detection in cluttered environments, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) said yesterday. The AN/SQQ-32(V)4 mine hunting sonar set upgrade was completed on the USS Guardian (MCM-5) in the Navy’s class of Mine Countermeasures Ships on April 18 while the Guardian was at its Sasebo, Japan homeport. The sonar set is a high-frequency wideband upgrade to the Raytheon [RTN]-built AN/SQQ-32(V)3 sonar that…

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