Deployable Waterfront Transportability Study Using Heavy Lift Submersible Ships

Abstract

The Navy is engaged in a program to define and demonstrate Deployable Waterfronts that will provide worldwide logistics support for our forces in CONUS and overseas. These deployable waterfront facilities would serve such functions as: (a) Strategic Sealift Ship unloading at fixed ports or Logistics Over the Shore (LOTS) sites, (b)Advanced base pre-positioning, (c) Advanced Logistics Support Bases for fleet replenishment, and (d) Relocatable piers for homeporting and for Strategic Sealift Support Facilities restoration in the event of damage. Homeported and pre-positioned platforms could also provide some peacetime cost offsetting advantages over present support systems. An investigation was conducted into the use and availability of heavy lift semi- submersibles ships for transporting deployable waterfronts.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA190693

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Birds
  • Boats
  • Cargo Handling
  • Civil Engineering
  • Classification
  • Deployment
  • Engineering
  • Islands
  • Logistics
  • Logistics Support
  • Navy
  • Overseas
  • Peacetime
  • Platforms
  • Submersibles
  • Transport Ships
  • Unloading

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.