Operation WIGWAM. Project 3.5. Exterior Damage Photography of Submerged Targets,
Abstract
Project 3.5 was established to provide visual examination of submerged objects suspended from surface buoyancy units at depths on the order of 300 feet. The underwater visual system was expected to be maneuverable in the face of relatively steady state currents on the order of 0.50 knot and capable of hovering to permit detail examination by means of an underwater television (UW-TV) equipment and provide an aiming device and platform for a 35mm underwater film camera (UW-film camera) to be furnished by Edgerton, Germeshausen and Grier, Inc. (EG and G). The completed equipment, the AN/SXQ (XN-1), was delivered and installed on shipboard 15 April 1955. After two weeks of shipboard tests, minor modifications and adjustments, the AN/SXQ was determined to be adequate for performance of the specified task. Due to the course of Operation WIGWAM events, actual performance of the Project 3.5 task was not feasible. Variations of the requisite Project 3.5 performance could have been helpful to the conduct of the operation in several instances, but due to inclement weather a considerable extension of the initially conceived equipment performance characteristics would have been necessary to accomplish these unanticipated tasks.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1955
- Accession Number
- ADA078557
Entities
People
- J. R. R. Harter