Demonstration of the Marine Towed Array on Bahia Salinas del Sur Vieques, Puerto Rico

摘要

From 1-30 June 2007 SAIC, using the Marine Towed Array conducted a MEC survey of the Bahia Salinas del Sur and adjacent areas. The Bahia encompasses an area of 0.5X0.75 nautical miles. Water depths vary from breaking surf to slightly over 30 ft. The bay bottom consists of areas of open sand, areas covered by marine sea grasses, and coral reefs in about equivalent extents. The center of the Bahia is dominated by the wreckage of the Killen, a former target ship, which was sunk by Naval gunfire. The entire Bahia lies within the Live Impact Area 01 a former Naval training range, which was used for over 50 years by ships and aircraft. Magnetic anomalies discovered in the impact area were analyzed to determine their position, sizes, and possible identities. Anomalies judged to potentially be ordnance were organized into target tables to support possible future intrusive investigations and/or recoveries. The target tables identified more than 600 anomalies that are recommended for investigation.