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Voyage - Leg:       OC 285
Voyage Dates:       17 - 28 Aug 1996
Chief Sci(s):       Steve Stanic
Address:            Code 7174
                    Naval Research Lab
                    Stennis Space Center,MS 39529
Phone:              (601) 688-5235, FAX (601) 688-5341
Email:              steve.stanic@nrlssc.navy.mil
Cruise Objective:   ONR - Coastal Mixing and Optics Program
Science Activities: Deployment and recovery of SAS tripods and spar buoy,
                    towing of sensor fish
Operations Area:    Continental Shelf south of Martha's Vineyard between
                    Nantucket-NY shipping lanes

SSSG Tech:
Departure Port:        Woods Hole
Agent:                 NA
Arrival Port:          Woods Hole
Agent:                 NA
Installed Scientific   12kHz xducers + depth recorders
Equipment:             Underway data logging (Nav,SST,IMET)
                       IMET meteorology system
                       ADCP system (300kHZ)
WHOI-Provided Science
Tools:
Program-Provided       All tripod equipment
Science Tools:         Spar buoy
                       Inflatable boat
                       32' portable van (25,000#) 440V,3ph,30amp
                       Towed fish w/FO cable, winch on fantail, Power???
                       Headblock for FO cable
Shipboard              Standard navigation equip.
Equipment/Nav:         Ship's crane for mooring handling
                       Ship's deck capstan
                       Air tuggers
                       Trawl winch, 9/16" wire
                       .322" EM cable (NLT 1000m)
                       Inflatable boat (use as spare)
Other Requirements:      1) Require shore crane to load 25K container onto
                         01dk. Same to offload on return.
                         2) Require bucket truck to assist assembling
                         tripods on dock.
                         3) Require WHOI shore crane to assemble tripods
                         4) Ship's crane must be stowed fwd when tripods
                         are abd.
                         5) Require nav data output to sci. computer
                         systems
Notes:                   1) 2-60' tripods to be deployed/recovered.
                         2) Require precise ship control for launching and
                         orienting tripod array.
                         3) Trial deployment of tripods at WHOI dock before
                         cruise
                         4) Require 300kHz vs 150kHz ADCP due to
                         interference from deployed instrumentation
                         5) Experiment is a multiple ship operation require
                         VHF comm between ships in labs as well as bridge.
                         6) Need to establish a common navigation baseline
                         or origin for use with all ships.
Navy Clearance Status:

Last Modified: 10/04/1996

Check List:          Required?          Comments
US Customs Form      No
Explosives Clearance No
Isotope Use Approval No
Diplomatic Clearance No
SCUBA Diving         No