Ryan is on board the Uss Dallas and wants to talk to Ramius to warn him that the rest of the Russian fleet are after him and also that he will be fired upon if he approaches the US coast. He wants to rendezvous with him in an underwater canyon. He starts to write a message to be translated to morse to be sent by periscope flashes. He writes the first part, then goes off to find the name of the canyon on a chart. He finds the name and has the message sent without first adding the name in.