Development of a procedure for the selection of candidate vessels of opportunity in support of the submarine rescue diving and recompression system

The IJ.S. Navy's new system for rescuing stranded submariners, the Submarine Rescue Diving and Recompression System (SRDRS), utilizes a tethered, remotely operated Pressurized Rescue Module (PRM) deployed and controlled from a Vessel of Opportunity (VOO). The PRM is capable of docking with the disabled submarine at pressure and rescuing up to 16 personnel per sortie. The PRM is launched and recovered using a deck mounted A-frame crane called the Launch and Recovery System (LARS). Upon recovery, the PRM docks with the Submarine Decompression System (SDS) to allow transfer and decompression of personnel. The PRM, LARS, SDS, and associated generators and auxiliaries all compose the Submarine Rescue System (SRS). The SRS, approximately 183 tons, is installed aboard the VOO. The SRS was nominally designed for operation on the U.S. Navy's Auxiliary Fleet Tug, T-ATF, but is actually intended to be a fly-away system, capable of being installed on any available VOO near the disabled submarine. The VOO may be any Offshore Supply Vessel (OSV), Anchor Handling Tug, or offshore barge that has the capacity to handle the SRS and is available in the area of a disabled submarine.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Ocean Engineering.

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2005

Author dc:creator

• Gold, Robert Andrew

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• David V. Burke and Henry S. Marcus.

• Ocean Engineering.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

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eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/33578

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