The aircraft also saw surface ship use. They are controlled by pilots and researchers on board the surface ship. The second was as the first commanding officer of , America's first nuclear surface ship. It autonomously located and targeted the moving surface ship. The concept of a specialized surface ship was developed by Soviet designers. They are usually attached by a tether to a control center on a surface ship. However the surface ship easily outdistanced her. During 1977- 83, Paulraj led the development of a large surface ship sonar APSOH. Military wet subs are deployed from a larger submarine or from a surface ship. The DUBM 44 is not autonomous and is connected by cable to the surface ship. The boat may have collided with a surface ship or struck a mine. The Mark 14 shared this exploder with the concurrently-designed surface ship Mark 15 torpedo. As of 2015, it conducted regular submarine patrols, but few air or surface ship operations. The missile can be launched from a surface ship using a Vertical Launch System (VLS). She was the last steam-powered surface ship in the Royal Navy.