INSTALLATION OF TEST PANELS OF ABLATIVE COPPER ANTIFOULING PAINTS ON BILGE KEELS OF USS BARNEY (DDG-6)

USS BARNEY entered dry-dock for its regular overhaul in October 1988, concluding a test period, initiated in June 1983, of bilge keel mounted antifouling (AF) paint test panels. The threaded stainless steel studs welded to the bilge keels of USS BARNEY for the previous test period were again used to secure eighty AF paint test panels, forty each on the port and starboard bilge keels. The panels comprised sixty-eight new panels exposed for the first time and twelve panels from the previous exposure. The coatings included: fourteen commercial copper ablative antifouling (AF) paints, one modified Navy standard copper vinyl AF paint, two wax AF coatings formulated for underwater application, and four aged coatings on panels retrieved from the previous test period.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Report; DTIC distribution restrictions apply
• Corporate Authors:

  David Taylor Naval Ship R&D Center

  Bethesda, MD  United States  20084

  Office of Chief of Naval Research

  Washington, DC  United States 
• Authors:
  • Cologer, C P
  • Smith, N A
  • Bohlander, G S
• Publication Date: 1989-6

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 29 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Antifouling coatings; Field tests; Hulls; Marine fouling; Roughness
• Old TRIS Terms: Hull roughness; Self polishing
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Materials; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00661785
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Maritime Technical Information Facility
• Report/Paper Numbers: DTRC/SME-89-09
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 21 1994 12:00AM