Reinventing Submarine Signature Measurements: Installation of the High Gain Measurement System at SEAFAC

Southeast Alaska Acoustic Measurement Facility (SEAFAC), the Navy's premier site for measurement and assessment of submarine signatures located just outside Ketchikan, Alaska, is comprised of three primary sites: the Shore Facility, the Static Site, and the Underway Site. In June 2008, the Unde...

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Main Authors: Chwaszczewski, R. S., Slater, Michael A., Snyder, Jennifer K., Tietje, E. D., Green, Robert C.
Other Authors: SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORP (SAIC) POULSBO WA
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2010
Subjects:
Undersea and Antisubmarine Warfare
Acoustic Detection and Detectors
*ACOUSTIC ARRAYS
*SUBMARINE SIGNATURES
ALASKA
HIGH GAIN
NAVAL SHORE FACILITIES
UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS
SYMPOSIA
MEASUREMENT
SEAFAC(SOUTHEAST ALASKA ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENT FACILITY)
NSWCCD(NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER CARDEROCK DIVISION)
SAIC(SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION)
KETCHIKAN(ALASKA)
Ketchikan
Alaska
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA527397
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA527397
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Summary:Southeast Alaska Acoustic Measurement Facility (SEAFAC), the Navy's premier site for measurement and assessment of submarine signatures located just outside Ketchikan, Alaska, is comprised of three primary sites: the Shore Facility, the Static Site, and the Underway Site. In June 2008, the Underway Site was upgraded by Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, Puget Sound Detachment (NSWCCD) and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) with new acoustic measurement arrays to support the upgraded requirements of the submarine fleet. The new, twin acoustic measurement arrays are each 1,120 feet long with single-point moorings and custom, dynamic "lazy-S" umbilical connecting the arrays to a commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) submarine telecommunications cable to shore. These components were successfully installed, using an intricately prepared and executed plan, using assets mostly local to the Ketchikan, Alaska, area. See also ADM202806. Proceedings of the Oceans 2009 MTS/IEEE Conference held in Biloxi, Mississippi on 26-29 October 2009. Copyright belongs to the Marine Technology Society. The original document contains color images.

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