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STG · E-5 · Sonar Technician (Surface) · September 2026

Study for the STG 2nd class exam — without drowning in the wrong manuals

Sonar Technician (Surface) (STG) at E-5. Your September 2026 E-5 Bibliography is below — start free on the first publication, then move entry by entry.

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September 2026 E-5

28 publications on this Bibliography. Study opens MakinRate Study Notes for each line we have. Grey “Pokemon!” means notes for that entry are not on the open web yet — gotta catch ’em later.

  1. (U) WORLDWIDE: SURFACE SHIP ACOUSTIC INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION GUIDESURFACE SHIP ACOUSTIC INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION GUIDEScope: SECTION 3, 5
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  2. ACINT COMPENDIUM (2025)ACINT COMPENDIUMScope: TOPIC 53-65, ACOUSTIC CLASSIFICATION GUIDE, AKULA, JIANGWEI, KILO, KILO 4B, LUHAI, MING, OSCAR, OSCAR II, SEVERODVINSK, SHANG, SONG, SOVREMENNYY, TYPE 6, UDALOY, YU-3C
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  3. ATP-28 EDITION (E) VERSION (1) VOLUME IALLIED ANTISUBMARINE WARFARE MANUAL - TACTICS AND PROCEDURESScope: CHAPTER 8
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  4. AXP-01 EDITION E (VERSION-7)NATO STANDARD AXP-01 ALLIED SUBMARINE AND ANTI-SUBMARINE EXERCISE MANUAL EDITION E VERSION 7Scope: CHAPTER 5
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  5. COMSUBPACINST S3120.78B(U) INTEGRATED UNDERSEA SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM (IUSS) OPERATIONS MANUAL (IOM)
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  6. CSOSS USER'S MANUALCOMBAT SYSTEM OPERATIONAL SEQUENCING SYSTEM USERS GUIDEScope: CHAPTER 3, 6
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  7. NAVAIR-28-SSQ-500-1 (REVISION-4)SONOBUOYS NAVY AIRCRAFT MODELS P-3, P-8, MH-60, AND NAVY VESSELSScope: CHAPTER 1, 3
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  8. NAVSEA S9086-Q5-STM-010 (VOLUME-1) (CHAPTER-491) (REVISION-1)ELECTRICAL MEASURING AND TEST INSTRUMENTSScope: SECTION 2, 3
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  9. NAVSEA SE340-AH-OMI-010 (REVISION-1)SONAR COMMUNICATIONS SET AN/WQC-2AScope: CHAPTER 1
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  10. NAVSEA SE376-AC-MMO-010 (REVISION-1)TORPEDO COUNTERMEASURES TRANSMITTING SET AN/SLQ-25C MECHANICAL HANDLING AND TOWED EQUIPMENT OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE MANUALScope: CHAPTER 2
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  11. NAVSEA SW515-A0-PRO-020 (REVISION-8)LIGHTWEIGHT TORPEDO FIRING CRAFT SURFACE VESSEL TORPEDO TUBES, MK 46/MK 54 TORPEDOESScope: CHAPTER 5
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  12. NAVSEA SW515-C0-GIB-010 (REVISION-3)MK 54 MOD 0 AND MOD 1 TORPEDO GENERAL INFORMATION BOOKScope: CHAPTER 2
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  13. NAVY WIDE OPTASK ASW (5-2022)NAVYWIDE OPTASK ANTI SUBMARINE WARFARE
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  14. NSTD-05-180TL-29A OPERATIONAL GUIDELINESScope: CHAPTER 2
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  15. NTRP 3-21.55.1INTEGRATED UNDERSEA SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM REFERENCE MANUALScope: CHAPTER 4
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  16. NTRP 3-21.69.1 (2013)SONAR REFERENCE MANUALScope: CHAPTER 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
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  17. NTRP 3-59.6(U) FLEET OCEANOGRAPHIC AND ACOUSTIC REFERENCE MANUALScope: APPENDIX H
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  18. NTTP 3-21.1 (WITH CHANGE-1)STRIKE GROUP ANTISUBMARINE WARFARE COMMANDERS MANUAL EDITION AUGUST 2018Scope: CHAPTER 2
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  19. NTTP 3-21.2 (WITH CHANGE-1)COORDINATED SUBMARINE OPERATIONS (FORMERLY NWP 3-21.0) EDITION JUNE 2017
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  20. NTTP 3-21.22 (3-2017)TACTICAL USE OF OCEAN ENVIRONMENT AND SONAR SEARCH MANUAL (U)Scope: CHAPTER 2
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  21. NTTP 3-21.24SURTASS EMPLOYMENT MANUALScope: CHAPTER 2, 4, 7
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  22. NTTP 3-21.36SURFACE SHIP PASSIVE LOCALIZATION AND TARGET MOTION ANALYSIS (U)Scope: CHAPTER 2, 3
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  23. NTTP 3-21.4 (2022)SURFACE SHIP ANTISUBMARINE WARFARE MANUALScope: APPENDIX A; CHAPTER 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8
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  24. NTTP 3-55.32 (2021)(U) INTEGRATED UNDERSEA SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM EMPLOYMENT GUIDE EDITION MARCH 2021Scope: CHAPTER 3, 4
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  25. TACMEMO 3-21.01-22IUSS FIXED SENSOR EMPLOYMENT MANUALScope: APPENDIX A; CHAPTER 5, 7
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  26. TACMEMO 3-21.1-21 (WITH CHANGE-1)(U) SONAR SYSTEM EMPLOYMENT MANUAL FOR AN/SQQ-89A(V)15 SURFACE SHIP UNDERSEA WARFARE COMBAT SYSTEM, ACB-13Scope: CHAPTER 3, 8
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  27. TM 3-21.2-21(U) SONAR SYSTEM EMPLOYMENT MANUAL FOR AN/SQQ-89A(V)15 SURFACE SHIP UNDERSEA WARFARE COMBAT SYSTEM, ACB-15/17Scope: APPENDIX A, B, D; CHAPTER 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8
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  28. TM IUSS 3-21.23.01-16IUSS FIXED SENSOR EMPLOYMENT MANUAL
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