AUTEC Ocean Hauldown Dive Survey Site 1 and Site 2.

• Other Authors: TRACOR/MARINE INC FORT LAUDERDALE FL
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1983
• Subjects: Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; *HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYING; POSITION(LOCATION); NAVY; TOPOGRAPHY; BATHYMETRY; PLATFORMS; SURVEYS; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEAN BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; BOTTOM; DIVING; UNDERWATER; SHORES; REEFS; ACOUSTIC RANGES; OBSTRUCTION(PHYSIOLOGY); North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA169040; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA169040

Tracor Marine was tasked by Chesapeake Division Naval Engineering Command to perform a dive survey in areas off AUTEC Sites 1 and 2 at Andros Island, Bahamas. The survey was requested by Naval Underwater Systems Command (NUSC), Newport to evaluate the existing bottom conditions at specific Site 1 and Site 2 locations previously marked by reference buoys. The topographic information was required in order to determine a location for the proposed ocean hauldown facility. Ideally, such a location would be in depths of approximately 40 feet with flat terrain and free of large obstructions. Information required by NUSC at Site 1 and Site 2 during the dive survey included bottom types, depths, possible platform locations, locations of obstruction, and possible cable routes through the reef line to shore.