Green Arctic Patrol Vessel

Abstract

Arctic warming is expected to drive increased traffic through the Arctic region for tourism, research, resource extraction and transportation purposes. Understanding the US will have a strategic objective in the region in he coming decades, the current U.S. Navy (USN) fleet is not designed to meet the challenges of operating in the Arctic environment. Anticipating that need, the Green Arctic Patrol Vessel (GAPV) project was a summer intern project in the Center for Innovation in Ship Design (CISD) at Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock (NSWCCD) during the summer of 2009, and is now in its third iteration. The project developed a concept of operations and design for a USN Arctic Patrol Vessel capable of meeting current gaps in Arctic operational capability. The goal of this report is to describe this vessel design and highlight some of the high level impacts the Arctic environment has on surface combatant design.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA554339

Entities

People

  • Nick Buckley
  • Parker Field
  • W. S. Weidle

Organizations

  • Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
  • Boats
  • Chemistry
  • Climate Change
  • Coast Guard
  • Composite Materials
  • Environment
  • Environmental Protection
  • Gases
  • Marine Transportation
  • Materials Science
  • Naval Operations
  • Navy
  • Ship Design
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Unmanned Underwater Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Economics
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Polar and Arctic Studies