Patent ID: 7954442

Claim:
A system for towed array deployment, said system comprising: a surface watercraft capable of having a discernible waterline; a tube attached to the watercraft with the tube positioned below the waterline, said tube comprising two open ends; a fluid injection system fluidly connected to said tube between the two open ends with said fluid injection system capable of introducing fluid into an interior of said tube; a winch attached to said surface watercraft with said winch disposed adjacent a first one of the two open ends of said tube; and a tow cable with towed array stowable on said winch and extending from said winch through the first open end and at least partially through the interior of said tube; wherein said towed array is deployable from said winch, along the interior of said tube and out a second one of the two open ends by the fluid introduced into the interior by said fluid injection system.