Table VIII. SPECIAL WAVE OBSERVATIONS 



Date 



Time Ship Wind 



(LST) Heading dir./kn. £) 



Waves 

 Dir. Ht. Per 



(ft.) (sec.) (miles) (ft.) 



Wave Length Wave Vel. 

 Fetch Est. Calc. Calc. 



(ft.) 



♦11/16/48 0830 012°-015° 330*720 330 



♦11/16/48 1200 359°-003° 330'/ 20 330 



♦11/16/48 1530 325° 



♦ 11/17/48 0845 348 <> -358 



* 2/16/49 0930 110°-160 



* 2/16/49 1030 128 a -135° 



* 2/16/49 1130 132*-141° 



* 2/16/49 1400 260 t, -280* 



** 3/17/49 0630 050°-060° 



340"/ 14 330° 

 320725 315' 



145740+ 140° 



3 



3 



2 

 3-4 

 3-4 



4.26 

 3.37 

 3.08 

 3.44 

 3.76 



6.5 



6.5 

 6.5 

 6.5 



50 

 30 



30 



35 



2.5 40-50 



Remarks: Shamal sprang up at 0630 

 145°/35+ 140° 3-5 3.57 2.5 60 



140740 140' 2-4 3.43 2.5 60 



92.7 

 58.0 

 48.4 

 60.3 

 72.1 



65.0 

 60.0 

 72.9 



(kn.) 

 12.8 

 10.1 

 9.2 

 10.3 

 11.3 



10.7 

 10.3 

 11.3 



300*728 290° 2-3 3.78 10-15 50 



Remarks: By 1600 sea had become choppy with little semblance 



of swell. Wind variable Beaufort Force 4-5 



140*725+ 140" 3-6 4.75 50 



Remarks: Wind variable Beaufort Force 5-7 



12.8 



15.0 



Note: 

 ♦ Denotes observations taken while ship at anchor in Kuwait Harbor Roadstead at approximately 

 29°25 I N., 47°58'E. Water depth 5-6 fathoms. 

 ♦♦Denotes observation taken at 29°13'N., 48*'09 I E. Water depth 12 fathoms. 



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