Plastic Mooring Buoys-Cost and Additional Performance Data

Abstract

Two plastic mooring buoys have provided good service as part of moorings for the Fleet in San Diego Bay for a period of 4 years. One buoy with a hand lay-up fiberglass-reinforced polyester shell is in appreciably better condition than the other one with a spray-up shell of fiberglass-reinforced polyester resin. A third plastic buoy with an improved design is in excellent condition after 1 year of service to the Fleet in Pearl Harbor. An analysis of the costs of purchasing and maintaining steel and plastic mooring buoys is presented. It indicates that after the present supply of World War II mooring buoys is exhausted, the Naval Facilities Engineering Command field activities should use plastic mooring buoys as replacement becomes necessary.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0701367

Entities

People

  • Richard W. Drisko

Organizations

  • Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bays
  • Buoys
  • California
  • Civil Engineering
  • Contractors
  • Engineering
  • Fabrication
  • Fiberglass
  • High Pressure
  • Maintenance
  • Mass Production
  • Materials
  • Mooring Buoys
  • Resins
  • San Diego Bay
  • Second World War
  • War

Readers

  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Oceanography.
  • Reinforced Composite Materials