As part of an effort to examine advanced vehicles configured for United States Coast Guard (USCG) missions, the Coast Guard Marine Vehicle Technology Branch, Office of Research and Development, tasked the SWATH Project Office at the David Taylor Naval Ship Research and Development Center to perform a study examining the applicability of the SWATH concept to these missions. The approach taken in performing this study was to develop four SWATH concepts configured for Coast Guard Missions and use these four concepts as a foundation for examining the principal characteristics and performance of small SWARTH ships. Displacements of the four baseline SWATH concepts were chosen to bracket existing Coast Guard patrol vessels. In developing the four base-line concepts, it was assumed that displacements would remain fixed. For each of these concepts, the parameters of interest were gross geometry: area and volume characteristics: weight group distribution: speed, endurance and range trade-offs of the small SWATH concepts developed. This report documents the development of the four concepts, the trade-offs, and performance evaluations performed. From this foundation, general trends of small SWATH ship characteristics are developed. (Author)


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    Title :

    Investigation of the Characteristics of Small SWATH Missions


    Contributors:
    R. S. Holcomb (author) / R. G. Allen (author)

    Publication date :

    1983


    Size :

    186 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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