HYDROWAYS--A DEVELOPMENT IN MARINE ACOUSTIC NAVIGATION

The development and successful sea test of an acoustic navigation system are described. The system is called Hydroways in the same general context as the word Airways is applied to air navigation. This acoustical beacon system requires at least two fixed bottom-mounted acoustic projectors for transmitting. The receiving equipment can be the ship's fathometer, which can provide a midchannel indication on a standard fathogram. This simple system can provide steering information similar to that obtainable from a visual range. The significant advantages are the all-weather capability and a substantial increase in useful range to seaward. Additional transmission coding and hardware could provide for multi-lane navigational control for ships simultaneously entering and leaving a major port.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • The paper was presented at the National Marine Meeting in Seattle, Wash. on October 14, 1971.
• Corporate Authors:

  Institute of Navigation

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• Authors:
  • Cobb, A D
• Publication Date: 1972-3

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 66-70
• Serial:
  • Navigation: journal of the Institute of Navigation
  • Volume: 19
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Institute of Navigation
  • ISSN: 0028-1522
  • Serial URL: http://www.ion.org/newsletter/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Beacons; Marine safety; Navigation; Position fixing
• Old TRIS Terms: Acoustic position finding; All weather navigation; Marine beacons; Navigation techniques
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00033606
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute of Navigation
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 28 1973 12:00AM