Sea Monster2

A ship with this keyword printed on its deckplate card is a sea creature. At the beginning of your turn, decide if the sea monster is submerged or on the surface. If submerged, a sea monster can only move; it cannot shoot or be shot at, and it cannot dock or touch other ships. If a sea monster is on the surface, it may move or shoot like a normal ship. It may ram opposing ships (the rammed ship becomes pinned instead of the sea monster) and it may board. After winning a boarding action the sea monster may eliminate a crew or steal a treasure (if cargo space permits), but it cannot capture crew and if it takes a unique treasure that treasure is eliminated.

Submerged Attack2

While on the surface, this sea monster can attack ships that are on the surface and submerged submarines with the same shoot action. It is never restricted to one or the other, provided that the targets are otherwise valid. While submerged, this ability allows this sea monster to be given a shoot action but it can target only submerged submarines. It cannot be used to attack submerged sea creatures or any ships on the surface, including submarines. This ability does not allow this sea monster to ram, pin, or board a submerged submarine.