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2. GOVT ACCESSION NO. 



3. RECIPIENT'S CATALOG NUMBER 



4. TITLE (and Sublltle) 



CONCEPT ANALYSIS: OFFSHORE BREAKWATER- 

 OIL STORAGE SYSTEM 



5. TYPE OF REPORT & PERIOD COVERED 



Miscellaneous Paper 



6. PERFORMING ORG. REPORT NUMBER 



7. AUTHORfa; 



Joseph Peraino 

 Tomasz Plodowski 



8. CONTRACT OR GRANT NUMBERfe) 



DACW72-73-C-0005 



9. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME AND ADDRESS 



Raymond Technical Facilities Inc, 

 Two Pennsylvania Plaza 

 New York, New York 10001 



B31234 



n. CONTROLLING OFFICE NAME AND ADDRESS 



Department of the Army 



Coastal Engineering Research Center (CEREN-DE) 



Kingman Building, Fort Belvoir, Virginia 22060 



12. REPORT DATE 



April 1975 



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^ U' 



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Unclassified 



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Approved for public release; distribution unlimited 



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19. KEY WORDS fCondnuo on reverse 



Concept Analysis 

 Offshore Breakwater 



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Oil Storage System 

 Precast Floating Units 



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This study attempts to arrive at a satisfactory method of providing a 

 prompt and efficient answer to the fast-growing need for deep-draft berthing 

 facilities along the U.S. east coast. The general concept of large hollow 

 precast floating units towed to the site, and sunk into position lends itself 

 particularly to using the hollow interiors as storage space for liquid bulk 

 cargo in large quantities. Since the trend for more economical transportation 

 of petroleum products is by use of large deep-draft carriers, the 



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