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DOCUMENT CONTROL DATA -R&D 



Naval Civil Engineering Laboratory 

 Port Hueneme, Calif. 93041 



Unclassified 



PLASTIC MOORING BUOYS— COST AND ADDITIONAL PERFORMANCE DATA 



3E3CRrPTivE NOTES (Type ot report ar\<i inclusive dmiea) 



Not final; July 1968-July 1969 



Richard W. Drisko 



January 1970 



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NO YF 38.534.006.01.003 



TR-655 



This document has been approved for public release and sale; its distribution is unlimited. 



Naval Facilities Engineering Command 

 Washington, D. C. 20390 



Two plastic mooring buoys have provided good service as part of moorings 

 for the Fleet in San Diego Bay for a period of 4 years. One buoy with a hand lay-up 

 fiberglass-reinforced polyester shell is in appreciably better condition than the other 

 one with a spray-up shell of fiberglass-reinforced polyester resin. A third plastic 

 buoy with an improved design is in excellent condition after 1 year of service to the 

 Fleet in Pearl Harbor. An analysis of the costs of purchasing and maintaining steel 

 and plastic mooring buoys is presented. It indicates that after the present supply of 

 World War II mooring buoys is exhausted, the Naval Facilities Engineering Command 

 field activities should use plastic mooring buoys as replacement becomes necessary. 



DD 



„1473 



S/N 0101-807.6801 



Unclassified 



Security Classific 



