Detachable storage tank for hydrofoils

Details Detachable storage tank for hydrofoils Detachable storage tank for hydrofoils

1982-05-28

1984-05-22

Basinger, Sherman D.

Ships

Hull or hull adjunct employing fluid dynamic forces to...

Having hydrofoil

114 18, B63B 124, B63B 128

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044494726

ABSTRACT:
An easily detachable storage tank for use with existing hydrofoil ships is onnected to the ship by two struts with minimal modifications to the ship. The shipboard connections are such that the ship is also usable without the storage tank. The tank may store fuel in a plurality of cells having a diaphragm separating the fuel from ballast seawater. Weapons may also be stored in the tank and fired directly from the tank.

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patent: 3085533 (1963-04-01), Goryl et al.
patent: 3368510 (1968-02-01), Humphrey
patent: 3429287 (1969-02-01), Uram
patent: 3785319 (1974-01-01), Danforth
patent: 3943873 (1976-03-01), Hering et al.

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