Ship operations and ONR Report

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Ship operations and ONR Report

• John S Freitag
• Research Facilities
• US Office of Naval Research

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2005 UNOLS use by Class
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2005 ROV ALVIN Use
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ONR Report

• 2005 Navy field work is down about 25 over 2004,
  this is primarily project driven rather than
  budget driven and use is expected to be up in
  2006
• Use of ONR sponsored alternative platforms (FLIP
  and CIRPAS Aircraft) are projected to be up in
  2005
• Facilities budget is stable which will allow the
  opportunity for habitability, scientific and
  mechanical upgrades for the AGOR vessels.

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Ocean Class

• The common hull/Ocean Class study is essentially
  complete.
• The Science Mission requirements have been
  largely defined.
• There is presently no construction funding, but
  it appears guardedly optimistic for FY2006 and we
  are expecting to move forward with construction
  planning.

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Z Drives

• Z drive problem which has plagued Navy AGOR
  vessels appears to be behind us.
• All Z drive vessels are now equipped with
  Klinglenberg gears which have operated with no
  failures to date.
• University of Washington has been funded to
  implement a monitoring system on the Z drive
  components and perform engineering studies aimed
  at failure prevention.