Mooring Site Survey Equipment

Abstract

The U. S. Army Mobility Equipment Research and Development Center has developed Mooring Site Survey Equipment as part of the Multi-Leg Tanker Mooring System. The mission of Mooring Site Survey Equipment is to survey the ocean bottom and sub-bottom at a prospective mooring site and: Locate submerged objects that are navigational hazards to ships and lifters operating in or around moorings. Determine the suitability of the sediment for the deployment of the USAMERDC XM-50 and XM-200 Explosive Embedment Anchor (EEA). Provide a continuous water depth record in the mooring. Determine profile of bottom from shore to mooring site to determine suitability for installation of submarine pipeline. The AUSE, a combination side scan sonar and sub-bottom profiler, is initially deployed at a mooring site to detect submerged and protruding objects and determine the general sediment composition.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0753341

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  • Kenneth R. Bitting

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  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Signatures
  • Chesapeake Bay
  • Circuit Boards
  • Coast Guard
  • Day
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Explosives
  • Potomac River
  • Printed Circuit Boards
  • Printed Circuits
  • Propellants
  • Seabed
  • Shear Pins
  • Sonar Transducers
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Transducers

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  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Nuclear Civil Defense.