Abstract: A towed vehicle for positioning a towed device about a submarine, comprising: (a) a housing having a wing for providing lift when said housing is towed through water; (b) means coupled between said submarine and said housing for towing said housing; and (c) means coupled to said housing for varying the relative positions between the center of buoyancy and the center of gravity of said housing to dispose said wing in a given position.

Abstract: 4. A towable sea-going vehicle for carrying communications equipment for in conjunctive cooperation with communications equipment of another vessel comprising:an essentially hollow body having openings in its walls for free flooding and self-bailing of said body;said body having an essentially rounded, gently pointed nose section and a V-bottom portion, said V-bottom portion providing a surface for the planing of said body on the surface of water and providing a face portion for contributing to the hydrodynamic lifting of said body when in an underwater position;buoyancy producing means located in said body to the extent that the weight of said body in air is substantially less than the excess buoyancy of said body when immersed in water;and said body having an upper cambered portion for producing lift when said body is in an underwater position;whereby said communications-carrying vehicle may be towed either submerged or on the water surface at speeds up to and in excess of 35 knots.