Evaluation for Service Use of a Proto-Type Swimmer's Rescue Suit
Abstract
The investigation was one of a series of tests and evaluations of prototype Rescue (Swim) Suits conducted by NAMRL in cooperation with the Research Section of the Naval Clothing Supply Office, Brooklyn. The suit was tried out under service operating conditions during exercises aboard two submarine rescue and salvage vessels (ASR's 15 and 16) during June and July 1957 and January 1958. The scope of the evaluations included swimming, surface diving, floating, simulated rescuing of personnel, and use with an aqua lung for such purposes as examining the bottom of ships, checking anchor chains for fouling, and for taking underwater pictures. A number of favorable features were noted--waterproofness, buoyancy, warmth, and a number of unfavorable features were tabulated for use in modification of these suits, such as poor locations of the flutter valve and the chin segment of the face opening. It was difficult to get into the suit and took too long a time, and the material was so limited in elasticity as to cause discomfort.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 10, 1958
- Accession Number
- AD0663634
Entities
People
- Samuel B. Rentsch