For surface attacks I use the watch officer "nearest visual contact" function. Quite realistic as that was really his job, to estimate range to target by visual. Only problem is that with Operation Monsun, at least with OMEGU, he only tells you the relative bearing, not the range. The good news is that the file is easily edited to correct this. Here's how to do it in case you're interested:
The file is menu.txt found in data/menu. Find entry 4616 and replace it with:
4616=Nearest visual contact at bearing %03.0f, range %.0f %s!
I never use map updates so for the speed I usually rely on plotting the target on the map with the watch officer's information for as long a time as possible or until a decent estimation is reached. Or I can time the ship across my bow and go below to the periscope station to work it out there. A bit inconvenient perhaps but it works.
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