European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 24, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                On the Bridge " . Neil la cmdr. Robert sunders right observe German Navy i senior chief Petty officer Kurt Werner and it. Manfred Tomberger run through a simulation at the German Navy school in Flen Sturg Murvle. Making Waves German Navy trains with ships Bridge simulator Story and photo by Joe Mapother Bremerhaven Bureau the Bridge of the missile frigate Bremen pitched loth Eright and the scraping noise served to confirm that the ship had run aground near the North sea Island of Helgoland again. German Navy it. Manfred Nurnburger the Neptune of this tale explained How he had lowered the Ocean depth and losses in a Cross current to i Harl inc men Manning the Bremon s badge they run aground every Lime Nurnberger said with a Grin. The Grin widened As he continued but it s not Lair to do that to  Erma Bombeck Nijen Berger is an instructor on one of live computerized ship s Bridge simulators built by Krupp Atlas electronics in Bremen. The German Navy operates two of the simulators. The system. Training equipment Tor nautical ship handling Sells Lor about s8.9 million. From his computer terminal inside the gales of the German Navy school in Flensburg Myrvik Nurnberger and his partner instructor. Senior chief Pelt officer Kum Werner can turn night into Day create weather and control the movements Olas Many As 14 foreign ships. The Flensburg system was installed late last year and went Mlo Ope Ralton in january. Depending on what the computer Neptune decide to dish up the men in the Bridge simulator can navigate by sight radar or radio Nurnberger and Werner s Handiwork is displayed an a panoramic computer video hat is projected Anlo a screen that wraps around the Bridge simulator on three sides. The Back Wall of the Bridge has Glass panes that allow the inst rotors to watch the action on the Bridge and the simulated sea before it. German Navy it. Johannes Schwemmer Drew officer of the watch duties and prepared to take the Bremen to Helgoland during a recent demonstration of the simulator s capabilities. In addition to imitating the characteristics of a frigate the simulator s computer can put he men in the Bridge aboard a patrol boat mine sweeper or tender. To Lurcher complicate Lite upon artificial Waters six rooms on a Hoof above the main Bridge Are equipped to function As Bridges without the computerized video and Hydraulic pitching and rolling the additional simulation stations allow training in Convoy tactics for As Many As seven Irish Day ships. The Waves shimmered Blue in front of the prow of Iho Bremen As inc ship exiled i he Wear River. A of Shing Boal wont by to starboard and the Bremen s radio crackled Wilh a weather report. Fog and rough seas ahead. The Soa Lur cd Gray and he Bremen s Bridge began to Roll harder As the red Sands Ono Cliffs of Helgoland capped by its Brick Lighthouse grew larger on inc horizon. A freighter approached the Bremen. Stow it Way Down sch Comers ordered Ai the instructor steered freighter loomed larger. Nurnberger decided to complicate the scenario by introducing a patrol boat approaching from starboard. Consternation look Over inside the Bremen s Bridge As the patrol boat knifed in Boleen the freighter and the frigate Schwemmer or catered five blasts of tha Horn to signal danger of a collision. Tho patrol Boal missed the Bremen by a scant 90 feet. Typical it boat Captain a bystander muttered. The Helgoland scenario is one of three Standard ones used by the German Navy said German Navy cmdr Wolfgang Gerstenberg simulator director. The scenarios include Normal German Navy operating areas in the Baltic and North sea As Well As the Inland Waterways of the Weser. Jade and Elbe Rivers. Additional scenarios can be programmed go Stonberg said. The simulator is in use six hews per Day which allows goo persons to train on it each year Gerstenberg said. Courses vary from four week refresher courses 10 4vj-month training programs. A Standard Man Euver wit run a Little More than two hours he said. The system saves Money Sinco it does away with the necessity of sending vessels to sea. It can play each Man Euver Back during the debriefing and instructors can program in emergencies without worrying about damaging a ship Gerstenberg said. Ads German system is without parallel in the american surface Navy said . Navy it. Cmdr. Robert Sanders Liaison officer to the school. And to Sci wemmers who has chalked up the years at sea during his 31-year Navy career tha simulator is realistic. If you do this for 10  Schwerr ners asked Gerstenberg at the debriefing will it count As time Al sea alter All the Only things missing Are water and a ship. 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