Floating Bridge to Floating Docks: Complex Criteria for Small Craft Naval Harbor

Protected, accessible mooring space with sufficient services and capacity is in high demand at congested naval bases. Several commands need berths and waterfront facilities, including the Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor in Washington State. This type of facility requires special considerations. Passing vessels' wake may affect the ability to perform some duties. Other considerations include the need for dedicated areas for security or safety, staging, and waterfront access. Limitations may push new facilities into areas of seas rougher than desirable for small craft moorage. Environmental stewardship also plays a role, as the federal government has increased sustainability goals for all projects. This paper discusses the complex criteria involved in using surplus pontoons from the Hood Canal Bridge in Washington as a new floating dock for small craft at the Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor. Reuse of pontoons helps meet sustainability goals and decreases costs. Pontoons that hug the waterfront and allow moorage between the pontoons and shore successfully provide shelter and moorage space.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784413067.187
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2013 American Society of Civil Engineers.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

  1801 Alexander Bell Drive
  Reston, VA  United States  20191-4400
• Authors:
  • Doonan, Melissa
  • Riley, Bob
  • Sultani-Wright, Katherine V
• Conference:
  • Ports '13: 13th Triennial International Conference
  • Location: Seattle Washington, United States
  • Date: 2013-8-25 to 2013-8-28
• Publication Date: 2013-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Pagination: pp 1832-1841
• Monograph Title: Ports 2013: Success through Diversification

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Floating docks; Marinas; Moorings
• Candidate Terms: Pontoons
• Uncontrolled Terms: Environmental stewardship; Naval bases
• Geographic Terms: Washington (State)
• Subject Areas: Design; Marine Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Terminals and Facilities; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01521992
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780784413067
• Files: TRIS, ASCE
• Created Date: Apr 14 2014 4:35PM