I tend to agree with TDW on this. It actually IS a good idea but only up to a point I'd suggest. Perhaps a halfway house would be the ability to plot to your patrol area. (Once there you have to suit yourself. I simply use autoscripted search patterns) The other place where I see it would be a possible help is in getting home from wherever you end up after completing a patrol and are low on fuel or torps. There are a lot of targets of opportunity to come upon enroute to patrol area or on the way back but I think a "single" command the navigator to plot a course to patrol area or home would be practical and certainly wouldn't stop anyone doing the usual hydrophone searches at regular intervals along the way.
If you went "off-route" to track down a contact a simple repeat of the instruction (to Patrol Area or Home) would be handy perhaps.
At the moment all I do is plot a course and measure off estimated distance for each Navigator's positional check.
Would it be a neat little capability? I think it might
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