VISIBILITY OF NAVIGATIONAL LIGHTS IN A SUBMARINE ARRAY

Abstract

The U. S. Navy Mine Defense Laboratory conducted a series of tests on a simulated nuclear submarine running light array at sea under normal nighttime operating conditions. The tests were made to determine the maximum range at which the light array could be recognized. Observers were selected from military personnel who normally stand duty watch as lookouts. Tests indicated that with an atmospheric transmission rate of 70% per nautical mile the maximum range of visibility for the lights in the array was: white masthead light, 9.3 miles; green starboard sidelight, 2.1 miles; and red port sidelight, 2.3 miles.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0481774

Entities

People

  • Herbert Larrimore

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Classification
  • Color Temperature
  • Equations
  • Lamps
  • Light Sources
  • Measurement
  • Military Personnel
  • Nautical
  • Navigational Lights
  • Navy
  • Nuclear Powered Submarines
  • Observers
  • Security
  • Ships
  • Submarines
  • Visibility

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.