Ship wave pattern is a fascinating research topic in the fields of marine hydrodynamics and water waves. Within the pure-gravity wave theory, the ship wave pattern composed of transverse waves and divergent waves appearing on the downstream is confined within a sector symmetrical about the ship track with a half-angle 19°28’. However, when the surface tension is accounted for, the wave pattern is greatly modified especially at a low translating speed. Besides the minimum speed of capillary waves c_(min)= 0.23 m/s below which waves cannot be generated, there is another critical speed c_(div)= 0.45 m/s associated with the disappearance of divergent waves. In the present paper, the wave patterns created by a steadily translating source are studied, and they are examined with the crestlines obtained from the asymptotic analysis. Ship wave pattern is a fascinating research topic in the fields of marine hydrodynamics and water waves. Within the pure-gravity wave theory, the ship wave pattern composed of transverse waves and divergent waves appearing on the downstream is confined within a sector symmetrical about the ship When the surface tension is accounted for, the wave pattern is greatly modified especially at a low translating speed. Besides the minimum speed of capillary waves c_ (min) = 0.23 m / s below the waves can not be generated, there is another critical speed c_ (div) = 0.45 m / s associated with the disappearance of divergent waves. In the present paper, the wave patterns created by a steadyily translating source are studied, and they were examined with the crestlines obtained from the asymptotic analysis.