Wire Sweep Monitoring Equipment (WSME) Test Report
Abstract
Naval Sea System Command tasked Naval Coastal Systems Center to evaluate the Wire Sweep Monitoring Equipment (WSME) which is currently in production by BAJ LTD for use on the UK Royal Navy River Class Fleet Minesweepers. The US Navy is building two new classes of mine countermeasure ships (MCM-1 and MHC-51) and the usefulness of WSME is being evaluated for applicability to these new ships. The WSME system offers the potential for improvement in performance to both in-service and developmental mechanical minesweeping equipment. The objective of this test were to evaluate the concept of sweeping by tension using WSME: Verify, using Size 1 equipment towed from an MSO class ship, that a flat mechanical minesweeping profile could be achieved and maintained by towing at a constant tension, and compare sweeping by tension to the conventional sweeping by ship speed and define in terms of hog/sag the advantage and disadvantages of each method.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1988
- Accession Number
- ADA208751