A FEASIBILITY STUDY OF EXTENDING THE JETTING PROCESS ON THE WESTERN RIVERS

This report examines the potential benefit to be derived from extending the process of jetting in buoy sinkers for use in the mooring of Coast Guard buoys in the Western River System (Second Coast Guard District). It describes the approach used and provides information on the jetting procedure as it is now practiced by the US Coast Guard for the mooring of buoys in selected river areas.

• Corporate Authors:

  Coast Guard

  Office of Research and Development
  Washington, DC  United States 
• Authors:
  • Motherway, D L
• Publication Date: 1975-12

Media Info

• Pagination: 26 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Buoys; Inland waterways; Mooring anchors; Moorings; Research; Rivers; Waterjets
• Identifier Terms: United States Coast Guard
• Old TRIS Terms: Embedding; Emplacement
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00143182
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: CGR/DC-10/76, USCG-D-56-76, Interim Report
• Files: NTIS
• Created Date: Oct 26 1976 12:00AM