Arctic Ship Design Impacts: Green Arctic Patrol Vessel (GAPV) Project

Arctic warming and the resulting polar ice break up is expected to increase traffic through the Arctic region for tourism, research, resource extraction, and transportation purposes. Understanding that the United States will have a strategic objective in the region in the coming decades, the current...

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Main Authors: Weidle, W S, Field, Parker, Buckley, Nicholas
Other Authors: NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER CARDEROCK DIV BETHESDA MD
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Geography
Marine Engineering
Military Operations
Strategy and Tactics
*ARCTIC OCEAN
*ARCTIC REGIONS
*MILITARY CAPABILITIES
*MULTIMISSION
*NAVAL ARCHITECTURE
*PATROL CRAFT
*REQUIREMENTS
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATION
DIESEL ENGINES
ELECTRIC PROPULSION
FUEL CELLS
LOW TEMPERATURE
MANEUVERABILITY
NAVY
RANGE(DISTANCE)
SEA ICE
SEA STATES
SEAKEEPING
SHIP DEFENSE SYSTEMS
SYMPOSIA
*ARCTIC SHIP DESIGN
*GREEN ARCTIC PATROL VESSEL
*DESIGN REQUIREMENTS
GREEN TECHNOLOGY
GAPV(GREEN ARCTIC PATROL VESSEL)
EXTREME OPERATING CONDITIONS
POLAR CLASS 5 REQUIREMENTS
OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES
ICE BREAKING
DEICING SYSTEMS
DIESEL GENERATORS
TANKAGE
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Arlington
Sea ice
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA558375
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA558375
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Summary:Arctic warming and the resulting polar ice break up is expected to increase traffic through the Arctic region for tourism, research, resource extraction, and transportation purposes. Understanding that the United States will have a strategic objective in the region in the coming decades, the current U.S. Navy (USN) fleet is not designed to meet the challenges of operating in an Arctic environment. Anticipating that need, the Green Arctic Patrol Vessel (GAPV) project was started as a summer intern project in the Center for Innovation in Ship Design (CISD) at Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division (NSWCCD) during the summer of 2009, and has completed its third iteration. The project developed a concept of operations and notional design for a USN Arctic Patrol Vessel capable of meeting current gaps in Arctic operational capability. The goal of this paper is to describe this vessel's design and highlight many of the high-level impacts the Arctic environment has, and will have, on surface combatant design. Presented at the American Society of Naval Engineers Day 2012 (ASNE Day) held in Arlington, VA, on February 9-10, 2012.

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