Ships – Mother ship – floating landing platform – and harbor
Patent
1997-09-25
1999-10-12
Jordan, Charles T.
Ships
Mother ship, floating landing platform, and harbor
114238, 114316, 114318, 114319, 114322, 89 1809, 89 5, 343710, B63G 828, B63G 837, F41F 310, H01Q 134
Patent
active
059641754
ABSTRACT:
The invention provides a system for attaching one or more unmanned, hydroamically shaped, autonomous, undersea platforms to the bow of a submarine. An array of depressions, each matching the shape of the platforms, is provided in the bow of the submarine, equally spaced about the circumference of the submarine. Once seated in the depressions and attached to the submarine, the platforms provide a smooth, hydrodynamic shape to the bow of the submarine. Additionally, conformal arrays on the platforms mate with conformal arrays on the bow of the submarine to form a continuous conformal array and the platforms' weapons systems provide the submarine with forward deployed weapons when the platforms are attached. A platform is launched by detaching it from the submarine bow and raising the leading edge of the platform slightly into the water flow around the bow. Hydrodynamic forces lift the platform away from the submarine for an acoustically quiet launch.
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Myers Bernard J.
Sirmalis John E.
Gauthier Robert W.
Jordan Charles T.
Lall Prithvi C.
McGowan Michael J.
Montgomery Christopher K.
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