ON MOTIONS, WETNESS, AND SUCH: THE USS MIDWAY BLISTER STORY

USS MIDWAY (CV 41) was commissioned in September 1945. During her 40-plus years of service, she has twice had blisters added to her hull to offset the effects of topside weight growth on draft, hull strength and damage stability. The first blister was added in 1957, the second in 1986. When MIDWAY put to sea in late 1986 with her second blister, she experienced undesirable rolling and flight deck wetness in some sea states, which adversely affected handling aircraft on deck. An accelerated effort was undertaken to analyze these problems and define solutions. This paper describes this effort.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Transactions paper
• Authors:
  • Ricketts, M V
  • Gale, P A
• Publication Date: 1989

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 44p., incl. discuss.
• Serial:
  • Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers-Transactions
  • Volume: 97
  • Publisher: Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Decks (Ships); Military vessels; Rolling
• Identifier Terms: Midway (Ship)
• Old TRIS Terms: Blisters (Protuberances); Deck wetness
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00660577
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Maritime Technical Information Facility
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 21 1994 12:00AM