Apparatus for interconnecting an underwater vehicle and a free-f

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1993-04-12

1994-03-01

Eldred, J. Woodrow

Communications: electrical

Underwater

114 201, 114328, 114312, 441 1, 441 11, 441136, H04B 1302

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052911942

ABSTRACT:
Apparatus is provided for interconnecting an unmanned underwater vehicle V) and a free-floating pod, the apparatus comprising a communications cable extending between the pod and a less buoyant buoy, the buoy being in communication with a distal station, a mobile UUV in communication with a control vessel, connector structure on the UUV adapted to intercept the cable and adapted to slide along the cable toward the pod, and complementary engagement structure on the UUV and the pod adapted to cause the UUV to engage the pod in a preselected orientation and azimuth, to place the control vessel in communication with the distal station.

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