Ships – Mother ship – floating landing platform – and harbor – Vessel carrier
Statutory Invention Registration
2011-06-07
2011-06-07
Pihulic, Dan (Department: 3662)
Ships
Mother ship, floating landing platform, and harbor
Vessel carrier
C114S261000
Statutory Invention Registration
active
H0002254
ABSTRACT:
An unmanned floating platform is provided for continual surveillance at a station-keeping position at sea. The platform is equipped to dispatch an unmanned vehicle to conduct at least one of observation and rendezvous. The platform includes a hull, first and second hangers, and a liquid storage compartment. The hull has a submerged portion and a floating portion. The first hanger is equipped for stowing, deploying and retrieving a self-propelled unmanned vehicle and is substantially disposed in the floating portion. The second hanger houses equipment for electrical power and on-board functions. The liquid storage compartment supplies fuel to the on-board equipment and to the unmanned vehicle. For static stability, the compartment is disposed in the submerged portion. The platform may also include a superstructure for housing sensor equipment. The superstructure can be disposed above at least one of the first and second hangers. The second hanger may additionally house a tetherable observation aerial post.
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Hansen Eric C.
Hebert James L.
Pihulic Dan
Thielman Gerhard W.
United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the
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