PGH-TUCUMCARI. SUCCESSFUL APPLICATION OF PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS

The Tucumcari is a 75-ft gunboat that displaces 60-t and operates at speeds above 40 knots. It is the Navy's first waterjet-propelled, submerged-foil hydrofoil gunboat; its propulsion is provided by a 3200-hp turbine engine driving an aluminum centrifugal pump that expels 29,000 gpm. Details are given for the following key features--the canard foil arrangement (single foil forward, main foils aft); the negative (dropped) anhedral on the afterfoils; the turbine-driven, foilborne, waterjet propulsion system; and the electronic/hydraulic control system.

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  American Society of Naval Engineers

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• Authors:
  • Myers, G R
• Publication Date: 1970-6

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 110-118
• Serial:
  • Naval Engineers Journal
  • Volume: 82
  • Issue Number: 3
  • ISSN: 0028-1425

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Hydrofoil boats; Performance; Waterjet propelled craft
• Old TRIS Terms: Hydrofoil craft; Hydrofoil performance; Waterjet propulsion
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00019111
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 29 1971 12:00AM