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When underwater targets cross or approach each other, AUVs sometimes fail to track, or follow the wrong target because of the incorrect association of the multi-target. Therefore, a tracking method adopting the cloud-like model data association algorithm is presented in order to track underwater multiple targets. The clustering cloud-like model (CCM) not only combines the fuzziness and randomness of the qualitative concept, but also achieves the conversion of the quantitative values. Additionally, the nearest neighbor algorithm is also involved in finding the cluster center paired to each target trajectory, and the hardware architecture of AUVs is proposed. A sea trial adopting a mechanically scanned imaging sonar fixedly mounted on an AUV is carried out in order to verify the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm. 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