GAS-EJECTED FLOAT AND RECOVERY SYSTEM

Abstract

The retrieval of negatively buoyant exercise tor pedoes from the ocean floor after searun tests is essential to the antisubmarine-warfare effort. A simple, self-contained nonelectrical recovery system carried in the torpedo exercise head is described. It includes a gas-ejected float that has surfaced from varying depths to 2,600 feet, bringing up a connecting nylon line and two marker balloons. Electrolytic corrosion of a magnesium-alloy disk provides the timing from launching to positive ejection. The accessories for recovery include the Retriever Mk 1 Mod 0 and a torque-limiting winch.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0411460

Entities

People

  • E. N. Oeland
  • J. S. Young

Organizations

  • Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake

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Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Exercise Heads
  • Launchers
  • Magnesium Alloys
  • Materials
  • Munitions
  • Oceans
  • Ordnance Laboratories
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Propellant Grains
  • Rocket Launching
  • Sea Water
  • Seabed
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Torpedo Tubes
  • Underwater Ordnance
  • Vehicles
  • Weapons

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