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Originally Posted by Xelif
If the ship was bearing 150 to you, that probably lies within the 'dead zone' the sonarman seems programmed not to find anything in. I never get contacts reports in about a 40 to 60 degree cone about the aft, due to engine noise. Going to the hydrophone station and listening manually, it's fairly easy to pick out the sound of the enemy ship. I can only assume sonarman will not report contacts near engine noise, regardless of actual noise the hydrophones pick up.
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This is true, even in real subs...the cone behind the screws have a dead spot. That's why they do a 30 degree port/starboard turns to verify the aft is clear of contacts.
Try swapping out the watch stander w/ another crew member or trade him/them in when you pull into port. Relieve them of thier duties.