UNDERWATER VEHICLE DEPLOYMENT DEVICE, TOWING DEVICE, UNDERWATER VEHICLE DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM, AND UNDERWATER VEHICLE DEPLOYMENT METHOD

摘要

An underwater vehicle 1 is installed on a structure 32 by coupling the underwater vehicle 1 to an attaching and detaching mechanism 34 provided on a support frame 33 forming the structure 32, in a state in which the structure 32, being towed while floating on the surface of water, is connected to a towing device 20 by means of a connecting mechanism 31. With all or part of the underwater vehicle 1 in a submerged state, the structure 32 and the underwater vehicle 1 are towed by the towing device 20 to a deployment target water region of the underwater vehicle 1, and the underwater vehicle 1 is deployed into the water by separating the underwater vehicle 1 from the support frame 33 by releasing the linking of the underwater vehicle 1 by the attaching and detaching mechanism 34 in the deployment target water region. The present invention thus provides an underwater vehicle deployment device, a towing device, an underwater vehicle deployment system, and an underwater vehicle deployment method with which it is possible for an underwater vehicle to be deployed in a simple manner using a small-scale towing device.