HEAVY WEATHER DAMAGE WARNING SYSTEMS

This report considers the nature of heavy weather damage on merchant ships and possible ways of avoiding such damage. A survey is given of commercially available instrumentation for providing warning to ship's officer that would be helpful to him in taking preventative action.

• Corporate Authors:

  Webb Institute of Naval Architecture

  Glen Cove, NY  United States 
• Authors:
  • Hoffman, D
  • Lewis, E
• Publication Date: 1975-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 67 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alarm systems; Loss and damage; Safety; Slamming
• Old TRIS Terms: Damage control; Heavy weather damage
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00131859
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: NMRC-KP-143 Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: MA-2-4218
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 14 1976 12:00AM