PREFACE 



The study described herein was authorized by the Officer In Charge of 

 Construction (OICC) , TRIDENT, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Department 

 of the Navy, St. Marys, Georgia. All elements of the investigation were con- 

 ducted at the US Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station (CEWES) from 

 October 1983 to December 1985. The Coastal Engineering Research Center (CERC) 

 conducted this study as part of a larger CEWES modeling effort for Kings Bay 

 coordinated by the Hydraulics Laboratory (HL) , CEWES, with Messrs. William H. 

 McAnally, Jr., and Mitch A. Granat, HL, serving as overall CEWES Project 

 Managers. Contract monitoring for the study was provided by Messrs. George 

 Carpenter, John Randall, and Brian Smith, OICC. 



This report was prepared by Dr. S. Rao Vemulakonda, Project Manager, 

 CERC. The study was performed by Drs. Vemulakonda and Norman W. Scheffner, 

 Mr. Jeffrey A. Earlckson, and Mrs. Lucia W. Chou, Coastal Processes Branch 

 (CR-P) , CERC. Work was done under direct supervision of Mr. H. Lee Butler, 

 Chief, Research Division, and under general supervision of Dr. James R. 

 Houston and Mr. Charles C. Calhoun, Jr., Chief and Assistant Chief, CERC, 

 respectively. 



The advice of Dr. Houston and Mr. Butler and the assistance of 

 Mr. Bruce A. Ebersole, CR-P, and Ms. Mary A. Cialone (formerly of CERC) are 

 acknowledged. Hindcast wave Information was provided by Dr. Robert E. Jensen, 

 Coastal Oceanography Branch, CERC. This report was edited by Ms. Shirley A. J, 

 Hanshaw, Information Products Division, Information Technology Laboratory, 

 CEWES. 



During report publication COL Dwayne G. Lee, CE, was Commander and 

 Director of CEWES. Dr. Robert W. Whalin was Technical Director. 



