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Re: Bow Angle
Posted by: J.T. McDaniel ()
Date: July 18, 2002 12:00AM

It's a reciprocal angle to the target. Roughly, the bearing a lookout on the target would give if he noticed your periscope. So port zero-niner-zero would indicate that the target was dead ahead, and you are on the port (left) side. Zero angle means he's heading directly for you, one-eight-zero directly away. Combined with range, target speed, own-boat speed, and target bearing, it will allow you (or the TDC) to caculate the correct gyro angles for the torpedoes.

J.T. McDaniel

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