Air Cushion Vehicle Evaluation. San Francisco, California, St. Ignace, Michigan, Milford Haven, Virginia, TRANSPO 72. 1 September 1971-30 Jun 1972

Abstract

The United States Coast Guard has completed an extensive eighteen month evaluation of air cushion vehicles to determine their potential usefullness in meeting its expanding missions and responsibilities. During the ten month period of this second phase, it has operated the air cushion vehicles over 800 hours in San Francisco, the Northern Great Lakes, and the Chesapeake Bay regions. The operating areas have included the ice of Lake Huron, the narrow passages of the East Coast Intracoastal Waterway, the wide expanses of Chesapeake Bay and the confined spaces of Oakland International Airport. This final evaluation report details the deployments, operations, and special projects conducted by the Evaluation Unit as well as new hovercraft developments.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 30, 1972
Accession Number
AD0755409

Entities

People

  • Thomas C. Lutton

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Cushion Vehicles
  • Boats
  • Construction
  • Engineers
  • Environment
  • Fuel Tanks
  • Gas Turbines
  • Ground Effect Machines
  • Maintenance
  • Marine Transportation
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Science
  • Safety
  • Terrain
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Turbines

Readers

  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of Proposed Air Force Base Actions.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Space