Marine Salvage in the United States

Abstract

The Committee on the National Salvage Posture of the National Research Council has completed an assessment of the salvage capability of the United States in order to determine the extent to which we have the capability to salve ships. The study focused on the needs of commercial ships for time- critical assistance in the ocean waters of the United States out to 200 miles. Military and national emergency requirements were excluded from the study. The committee concluded that it has been possible, so far, to meet our salvage needs with current capabilities. There has been no pattern of failure to cope with casualties due, in part, to the flexibility and ability to improvise, and also to luck, especially in that a catastrophe such as the Amoco Cadiz has not yet occurred in the United States. That the Prince William Sound did not become a negative statistic was luck. The incident is, nevertheless, indicative of the committee's concerns with our current salvage posture.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA119851

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  • National Research Council

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  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

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  • Accidents
  • Emergency Response
  • Employment
  • Engineers
  • Environmental Protection
  • Law
  • Marine Transportation
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • National Security
  • Naval Architecture
  • Navy
  • Personnel Management
  • Petroleum
  • Second World War
  • Systems Engineering
  • United States Government

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