Accession Number:

AD0272587

Title:

A LIGHT-WEIGHT TOWED TRANSDUCER ENCLOSURE FOR ECHO SOUNDING

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION MASS

Personal Author(s):

• KNOTT,S.T.
• WITZELL,W.E.

Report Date:

1961-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

1.0

Abstract:

The use of towed enclosures, commonly called fish, makes it practical for vessels without hull transducers to be readily equipped for bathymetric studies and enables those with hull transducers to place transducers deep enough to reduce noise and avoid quenching in heavy weather. A fish is described which is compact, light, can be towed from a variety of tow cables and is suitably stable when towed at a wide range of tow speeds. Author

Descriptors:

• *SONAR EQUIPMENT
• *TOWED BODIES
• *TRANSDUCERS
• CONTAINERS
• ECHO RANGING
• HOISTS
• HOUSING(DWELLINGS)
• LOAD DISTRIBUTION
• RODENTS
• SHIPBOARD
• TOWING CABLES

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE