The History of the Naval Torpedo Tracking Ranges at Keyport

Abstract

This report chronicles the history and technology of the U.S. Navy's undersea tracking range developments, particularly the facilities at Keyport, Washington and at other sites in the Pacific Northwest. These developments, ongoing since the early 1900's, were driven by significant challenges in the testing & evaluation of torpedoes and ever more complex undersea weapons, as well as by notorious weapon failures during their use by the fleet. Nearly a century of invention and evolution of tracking range instrumentation is described, along with the differing concepts and techniques employed to acoustically track underwater objects.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA355463

Entities

People

  • Charles R. Gunderson

Organizations

  • Naval Undersea Warfare Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustics
  • Detection
  • Engineers
  • Fire Control Systems
  • Geography
  • Naval Operations
  • Navy
  • Ordnance Laboratories
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Rockets
  • Sea Water
  • Seabed
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities
  • Topography
  • Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
  • Wire Guidance

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.