HULL LUBRICATION FOR ICEBREAKING ON THE (WYTM) RARITAN

The final report is made on field test performance by a Coast Guard test team aboard the RARITAN, a 110 foot WYTM class ship used for winter icebreaking. The ship was modified with a water hull lubrication system and an air bubbler system. The report begins with a discussion of the hull lubrication concept and why it was employed. It then describes the hardware design and instrumentation. The design and experimentation is discussed in some detail and a portion of the report is devoted to environmental studies that were done in conjunction with the testing. The report concludes with conclusions and recommendations. (Author)

• Corporate Authors:

  United States Coast Guard

  2100 Second Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20593
• Publication Date: 1973-2

Media Info

• Pagination: 96 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air; Bubbles; Design; Hulls; Icebreakers; Icebreaking; Information processing; Innovation; Instrumentation; Lubrication; Marine engineering; Performance; Recording; Research; Sea ice; Systems engineering; Test procedures
• Identifier Terms: United States Coast Guard
• Uncontrolled Terms: Ship hulls
• Old TRIS Terms: Air bubbling systems; Cg; Concepts; Hull lubrication systems; Performance engineering; Recording systems
• Subject Areas: Design; Marine Transportation; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00046125
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rpt
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 31 1973 12:00AM