A 500 shaft horsepower, controllable pitch screw propeller has been installed in a transverse tunnel through the forefoot of the USNS MISSION CAPISTRANO (T-AG 162), a naval research vessel. The propeller, commonly referred to as a bow thruster, has delivered 11,250 pounds of thrust during dock trials. It is for the single purpose of controlling the vessel's heading when lying to in the open ocean. Under these conditions, it is reported capable of swinging the ship to any given bearing and maintaining it to within one degree of yaw in sea conditions of 15 knot winds and five foot waves upon six foot swells. (Author)


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    Title :

    Project ARTEMIS. The Installation of a Bow Thruster in the USNS Mission Capistrano (T-AG 162)


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    Publication date :

    1962


    Size :

    14 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English