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P1971-2
T.Gray Curtis John R. Mittieman James M. Patell
M.I.T. SEA GRANT PROGRAM
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY National Sea Grant Program
OCEAN ENGINEERING SYSTEMS
John P. Craven
Compiled and edited by T. Gray Curtis
John R. Mittieman James M. Patell
The M.I.T. Press
Copyright ©1971 by
The iVIassachusetts Institute of Technology
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ISBN 0 262 53021 X (paperback) Sea Grant Report No. MITSG 71-6 Index No. 71-106-Not
Library of Congress catalog card number: 70-165160 Printed in United States of America
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I OCEAN ENGINEERING SYSTEMS
CHAPTER I I CHAPTER I I I CHAPTER I V CASE STUDY: M i s s i o n P r o f i l e , by E. S. McGinley., I I 5 7 PLATFORMS 75
CASE STUDY: A D i s a s t e r - R e l i e f System (A F i r s t I t e r a t i o n ) , by Charles N. Calvano
and Bruce L u x f o r d 1 2 4
LIFE SUPPORT SUBSYSTEM 15 3
CASE STUDY: The E s t a b l i s h m e n t o f T o l e r a n c e L e v e l s and F o r e c a s t i n g Procedures f o r t h e I n f l u x o f P o l l u t a n t s o n t o t h e C o n t i n e n t a l S h e l f Areas A d j a c e n t t o t h e Major R i v e r s
o f N o r t h America, by Ronald C. G u l a r t e 1 8 1
OBJECT DELIVERY AND RETRIEVAL 2 1 9
CASE STUDY: Marine Salvage, by T. Gray
C u r t i s , J r . 2 2 9
COMMUNICATIONS SUBSYSTEM 2 9 1
CASE STUDY: Long-Range A n t i s u b m a r i n e Warfare System—Communications, by
G e r a l d Sedor 3 1 0
NAVIGATION SUBSYSTEM 34 7
CASE STUDY I : SeaBased ABM S y s t e m — N a v i
-g a t i o n Subsystem, by M i l l a r d S. F i r e b a u -g h 357 CASE STUDY I I : Deep-Ocean O b j e c t Recovery
S y s t e m — N a v i g a t i o n Subsystem, by W i l l i a m
Hunter Key, J r . 379
CHAPTER V I I ENVIRONMENTAL SENSING AND CONTROL SUBSYSTEM 4 1 1
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER V I
CASE STUDY: Shore P r o t e c t i o n S y s t e m — E n v i r o n m e n t a l Sensing and C o n t r o l , by John R. M i t t i e m a n
CHAPTER V I I I LOGISTIC SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE
4 2 1 4 8 1 CASE STUDY: N o n p o l l u t i v e Power System., by
