NAVAL OCEAN SYSTEMS CENTER, SAN DIEGO, CA 92152 



AN ACTIVITY OF THE NAVAL MATERIAL COMMAND 

 SLGUILLE,CAPT, USN HL BLOOD 



Commander Technical Director 



ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION 



The effort reported here was completed by the Ocean Technology Department of the 

 Naval Ocean Systems Center in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Interior, Geological 

 Survey, Reston, Virginia. The work was administered by Mr. John Gregory of the U.S. Geo- 

 logical Survey under program element FGOV, work unit number 521-MS31. It is part of a 

 total research and development program designed to supply technology required for pollution 

 prevention and safety in Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas operations. Unmanned, unteth- 

 ered submersible systems have a significant potential for upgrading the scope and complexity 

 of these inspection missions in a cost-effective manner. The specific use of fiber optics for 

 pipeline and structures inspection problems represents an attempt to transfer technology 

 from the Navy's Ocean Technology Programs for use in these inspection missions. The 

 Navy, in turn, will be able to adapt techniques applied here to search, recovery, and surveil- 

 lance operations at sea. 



Released by Under authority of 



LP. Lemaire, Head H.R. Talkington, Head 



Advanced Systems Division Ocean Technology Department 





