Explosive Anchor for Salvage Operations - Progress and Status

Abstract

An explosive anchor for salvage operations was designed, fabricated, and tested. The primary objective was to alleviate the critical problem of anchoring in coral seafloors but it also was desired to incorporate as broad a range of salvage anchoring capabilities into the new anchor as possible. The prototype is 12 feet high, has a 10-foot circular base and weighs about 6 tons. It functioned in coral and developed a holding capacity greater than 150,000 pounds. It also demonstrated potential for service in other seafloors and over a wider range of operational conditions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0735104

Entities

People

  • J. E. Smith

Organizations

  • Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Attachment
  • Cameras
  • Civil Engineering
  • Contracts
  • Deep Water
  • Engineering
  • Explosives
  • Fluids
  • Fuzes (Ordnance)
  • Materials
  • Mechanical Cables
  • Resistance
  • Seabed
  • Shape
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment
  • Water

Fields of Study

  • Agricultural and Food sciences

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.
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