Eight-Inch Floating-Hoseline System for Ship-to-Shore Fuel Delivery.

摘要

USAMERDC has designed,fabricated,and tested an 8-inch floating hoseline system for ship-to-shore bulk fuel delivery in tactical or amphibious-assault-type operations. Part of the development effort was accomplished by Flight Refueling,Inc. and by the United States Rubber Co. The developed system comprises a hose-reeling unit anchored on the beach;up to 1000feet of flexible, 8-inch-diameter,floating hoseline;tension cable for the hoseline; a conventional four-legged mooring offshore;and hoseline purging equipment. The normal operational procedure is to tow the tension cable (two parts) with a workboat from the beach to the moored vessel,power the hoseline from the beach to the vessel with the reeling unit and the tension cable,discharge the fuel through the hoseline from the vessel to onshore storage,eliminate the residual fuel from the hoseline with the purging equipment,and then recover the hoseline and tension cable with reeling unit. The system is designed for complete installation within 4hours and for a fuel delivery rate of 1050gpm at 100psi. (Author)