mah wrote:
In reading some of the novels and other books, you hear the sonar
operators saying "Making turns". How did you get a blade count
converted to knots?

Thanks

MAH

'Making turns' means set the 'enigine' to turn the shaft at a specific
number of turns per minute...

"make turns for 20 kts', tell the engine room via EOT, engine room makes
it happen, look at readout on the bridge...set number of turns which may
or may not equate to a speed..

From my time as a Midi on the John Paul Jones...summer of 1969...