User Guide

Ordered Heading: Displays the last ordered heading.
Ordered Speed: Displays the last ordered speed.
The Engine Order Telegraph: Click the desired button to order engine speed. Engine speeds
translate to ship speeds as defined in Ship Stations/Task Bar/Orders Menu on p. 36.. Flank
(maximum) speed for the Seawolf is 35 kts. Place the cursor over a button to display the engine
speed that button sets.
Heading: Displays the sub’s actual heading.
Speed: Displays the sub’s actual speed.
High-Pressure Air Bank: Displays the current charge level in the high pressure air banks.
Depth: Displays the sub’s actual depth.
Sounding: Displays the depth of the water under your hull.
Course Indicator: The orange needle indicates the ordered course.The green needle indicates the
current course.
• Click the desired bearing on the dial to order a new course heading.
Stern/Rudder/Bow Controls: Indicates the positions of the respective control surfaces of the ship.
Zero represents a neutral setting for the bow/stern planes and the rudder.
• Click the desired number in the Rudder Indicator to order a rudder change.
• Click zero in the Rudder Indicator or click in the Course Indicator to reset the rudder.
NOTE: The ship will eventually turn in a circle if you do not reset the rudder to zero or order a
specific course.
Trim and Ice Display: Displays the ship’s trim angle, shows the ice thickness profile when under
the ice, and displays the current depth beneath the hull when in shallow water.
■ The submarine profile adjusts in the display window to match the ship’s trim angle.
■ When operating under the ice a profile of the ice thickness above Ownship appears across the
top of the Trim Display.Any course change immediately redraws the profile. The Ice Thickness
Readout in the lower left of the display reports the thickness of the ice directly above the sail.
■ When the ship is traveling close to the bottom, an orange line indicates the depth directly under
the Ownship’s midpoint.
Emergency Blow: Click this button to perform an emergency main ballast tank blow to quickly
surface the ship.The button text changes to green when a blow is in progress. Click the button
again to return to the
OFF (orange) position.
Open MBT Vents/Close MBT Vents: When you are surfaced, click Open MBT Vents to open the main
ballast tank vents and submerge your ship. Click Close MBT Vents to close the vents once
submerged.Your crew automatically opens and closes the vents when you order a dive.You can
open and close the vents yourself if you prefer.
Ventilate/Secure Ventilate: Click Ventilate to commence ventilation. Click Secure Ventilate to stop
ventilating.Ventilation is only necessary when you need to recharge the high-pressure air banks.
(See Charge Air/Secure Air below.) The ship must be at or above periscope depth (69 ft.) to
ventilate.
Charge Air/Secure Air: Click Charge Air to start the charging the High Pressure Air Banks.Click
Secure Charge to stop charging.You must be ventilating to fully charge the banks.
Rig in Bow Planes/Rig Out Bow Planes: The ship’s bow planes are out by default. If you plan to
surface when under the ice, you should rig in (retract) the bow planes as a precaution against
damage. Click Rig in Bow Planes to retract the bow planes. Click Rig Out Bow Planes to return the
planes to their normal position.
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