User Guide

NOTE: Land sites with L designations can be targeted from the Nav screen using the Contact
menu’s Engage With command.
BASIC LAUNCH PROCEDURES FOR UUVS
More detailed information about UUVs is found in Special Procedures and Operations/Deploying
UUVs on p. 149.The basic launch procedures are found here.
1. Set Ownship speed to 4 kts or less
2. Select a tube containing a UUV.
3. By default the UUV is launched at Ownship’s depth. Deselect Use OS Depth if you want to set a
specific depth for the UUV.
4. Select the desired tube in the Launch Panel and initiate the launch procedure as for a torpedo.
5. Enable the wire guide controls to alter the course of the UUV.
Seawolf:
• Select the UUV symbol on the Fire Control map to display the wire guide controls.
688(I) and Akula:
• Select W below the tube that fired the UUV to display the wire guide controls.
■ If a UUV is in a tube it can be launched from the Command or Ownship menus using the Fire
Tube command without visiting the Fire Control Station. It will be launched at Ownship’s depth.
NOTE: Closing the muzzle door after launching the UUV cuts the guidance wire. Once the wire is cut
the UUV no longer sends sonar returns.
BASIC LAUNCH PROCEDURES FOR MINES
Information on laying a minefield is found in Special Operations and Procedures/Laying Mines on p.
150.The basic steps for launching a mine are found here.
1. Select a tube with a SLMM or Mobile Mine assigned. In the tube’ s preset area the Define Target
Waypoints preset is available.
2. Click DEFINE TARGET WAYPOINTS then click the Fire Control map to place a single waypoint.
3. Adjust the latitude and longitude coordinates of the waypoint as desired.When launched, the
mine will travel to that latitude and longitude.
Seawolf:
■ Click the waypoint on the Fire Control map to display the waypoint preset panel.
688(I) and Akula:
■ The waypoint presets appear below the Define Target Waypoint button in the preset panel a
soon as the waypoint is placed on the map.
TACTICAL WEAPONS
All controllable submarines in Sub Command have been assigned weapons capable of targeting
surface ships, submarines and land targets.Available weapons are described briefly below.
SEAWOLF AND 688(I) WEAPONS
Mk 48 ADCAP (Advanced Capability) Torpedo: This weapon can be used against both surface and
submarine targets and can be wire-guided. It has a maximum range of 26 n.m.
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