SEAKEEPING CHARACTERISTICS OF A UNITED STATES COAST GUARD BUOY TENDER

Seakeeping experiments conducted with a model of a United States Coast Guard Buoy tender are described, and the results thereof are presented. It is shown that the in-transit performance of the buoy tender will be limited by deck wetness. It is further shown that the motions of the buoy tender in a free-drifting condition are minimized in head waves; and that linear superposition may be used to predict the vertical plane, oscillatory responses of the free-drifting vessel in mild, head seas.

• Corporate Authors:

  David Taylor Naval Ship R&D Center

  Ship Performance Department
  Bethesda, MD  United States  20084
• Authors:
  • Bales, N K
• Publication Date: 1975-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 52 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Seakeeping; Ship motion; Slamming
• Old TRIS Terms: Ship response
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00128767
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: SPD-549-03 Final Rpt.
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 21 1976 12:00AM