CONTENTS 



Page 



INTRODUCTION 1 



ANCHOR SYSTEM 2 



Launch Vehicle 2 



Firing Assembly 3 



Projectile Assembly 4 



Lines 5 



MOORING DESIGN 8 



INSTALLATION EQUIPMENT AND PROCEDURES 10 



INSTALLATION OPERATIONS SUMMARY 16 



FINDINGS 20 



Holding Capacity 20 



Site Investigation 21 



Operations 21 



CONCLUSIONS 23 



REFERENCES 24 



APPENDIX - Anchor Installation Log 26 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



Figure 1. The CEL 100K Propellant Anchor System being 

 deployed, loaded with a coral/sand fluke and 

 a retrievable piston 3 



Figure 2. Safe-and-arm device 4 



Figure 3. Projectile assembly in gun barrel with anchor 



load line attached 6 



Figure 4. Retrievable piston after use 7 



Figure 5. Rear of fluke, showing base plate and holes 



for shear pins 8 



Figure 6. Propellant anchor mooring leg general layout 11 



Figure 7. Mooring leg configuration at temporary site 13 



Figure 8. Typical mooring leg configuration at 



permanent site 14 



Figure 9. Deployment of anchor system, viewed from crane 

 barge looking toward winch barge, with mooring 



buoy (left foreground) secured to crane barge 18 



Figure 10. Installation sequence of CEL 100K Propellant 



Anchor 18 



LIST OF TABLES 



Table 1. CEL 1 00K Propellant Anchor Data for the Diego 



Garcia Permanent and Temporary POL Moorings 17 



