Section 11 

 MYOl^lIE, MM JERSEY -- BAYOME AOTJEX, HEW YORK MVAL SHIPYftRD 



All. 01 Location of the Teat Station and Test Board 



A test "board of the panel type was installed Jul^ 20, 19^^^, 

 at' the Bayonne Annex of the New York Naval Shipyard, at Bayonne, 

 New Jersey. This test hoard, which was designated hy the symhol 

 USNNY-2, was installed at the north hulkhead, New Ferry Slip north of 

 building 102, situated on the western side of upper New York Bay. 

 The results from this test hoard, the operation of which is heing 

 continued, have heen summarized to the end of 19^?. 



On March 5, I9U5, it was reported that this test hoard had 

 "broken its mooring and for three days had heen partly covered with 

 mud at the hottom of' the channel,, hut had heen recovered, washed 

 off, and rehung without injury. On Novemher 29, 19^9, it was removed 

 from the water because piles were heing driven in the vicinity, and 

 was left out for nine days (through December 7). On December 5I, 

 191^7, it was reported that panel kl and the accompanying control had- 

 dropped into the water j these were later recovered by grappling, 

 and these December panels are recorded as having been removed on 

 January 12, 19it-8. 



All. 02 Hydrographic Data 



The depth of water where this test board was installed was 

 51 ft at mean low water; the range of tide was k.^ ft; the current 

 velocity was given as O.58 ft per second. The temperature of the water 

 at the time of installation was 71° F. The degree of pollution is stated 

 to be moderate. The following data on water temperature and analysis 

 were received from the Niew York Naval Shipyard. 



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