SQUAW Mooring Project. Volume 1.
Abstract
COMPTRAPAC had a continuing requirement for use of the SQUAW as a training device for submarine sonar operators and systems and therefore initiated the reinstallation of the SQUAW some 32 nautical miles southwest of Point Loma where the water depth was 6000 feet; the SQUAW was to be submerged to a depth of 300 feet. The mooring operational phase, summarized in this volume, covers what occured between mid-June and mid-July 1978 after which the attempt to moor the SQUAW was abandoned. The mooring system was to comprise fore and aft mooring lines, designed to form catenaries with anchors 12,000 feet apart, that would hold the SQUAW in a north-south orientation. In addition to the two mooring lines there were to be two vertical legs, comprising carefully measured lengths of wire which suspended heavy counterweights, that would control the vertical position of the SQUAW to the designated 300-foot submergence.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1978
- Accession Number
- ADA163347
Entities
Organizations
- Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command