EVALUATION OF CURRENT TOWING VESSEL STABILITY CRITERION AND PROPOSED FISHING VESSEL STABILITY CRITERIA. TASK 2. TRIPPING AND SEAKEEPING TESTS OF TOWING AND FISHING VESSELS

Results of a model test program, the second task of a three task study of stability criteria for towing and fishing vessels, are presented in this report. The tests covered both tripping and seakeeping of four models. The models were selected from a detailed study of fifty-one towing and fishing vessels carried out in Task One. A discussion of the testing methods and a limited analysis of the data are included.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also report dated February 75, AD-A007138 and AD-A037685/5ST.
• Corporate Authors:

  Hydronautics, Incorporated

  7210 Pindel School Road
  Laurel, MD  United States  20810
• Authors:
  • Pepper, M G
  • Miller, E R
• Publication Date: 1976-1

Media Info

• Pagination: 77 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Capsizing; Mechanical stability; Seakeeping; Towboats; Tugboats
• Old TRIS Terms: Towboat stability; Tug stability
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00131606
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: TR-7311 Final Rpt., USCG-D-3-76
• Contract Numbers: DOT-CG-24656-A
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 21 1976 12:00AM