TABLE 15.2 U.S. NAVY TETHERED UNMANNED SUBMERSIBLES 



*From Primary Cable Termination (PCT). 

 **Master-Slave Manipulator and Rate-Controlled Grabber. 



Fig 15 9 Jhe ALCOA SEA PROBE (Ocean Search Inc) 



manned submersible (PC-8) were unsuccess- 

 ful. At the eleventh hour, a device used by 

 the Naval Ordnance Laboratory, Ft. Lauder- 

 dale, Florida, to inspect underwater hard- 

 ware (Fig. 15.10) was affixed with a danforth 

 anchor and "conned" by the submersible's 

 pilot to a point where the anchor fortuitously 

 hooked the submersible and the R/V A.B. 

 WOOD II pulled it free. 



TIME-LATE 



In view of these, and other national and 

 international assets, it would appear that 

 rescue is inevitable; unfortunately this is not 

 the case. Except for the DSRV^s (which are 

 not yet considered operational), none of 

 these assets are on a standby basis to re- 

 spond to distressed submersibles and all of 

 them may be either working elsewhere or 

 inoperative when the emergency arises. Ad- 

 ditionally, many may find that transporta- 

 tion to the disaster scene is unavailable. The 

 problem, as Captain Clausner termed it, is 



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