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UNOLS Ship Time Request Form - Section ONE
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UNOLS Request ID #: 20071109171658VO
Version #: 001
Last Modified: 2007/11/09 17:16 EST
Date Issued: 2010/07/31 14:10 EDT
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P.I. Name Last: GILLCRIST First: MARK MI: C
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Institution: SPAWAR Research vessel required for:
Address: 53560 HULL STREET _ Ancillary Only
SAN DIEGO, CA 92152-5001 X Principal Use
_ No Ship Required
_ Long Range Planning Document
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Phone: (619) 553-1602 Fax: (619) 553-5229 Email: mark.gillcrist@navy.mil
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Co P.I. Name Institution Co P.I. Name Institution
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Proposal Title:
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DADS ONR 32ASW Dave Johnson
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Large Program Name: None Research Purpose: Other
If Other, specify: If Other, specify: Engineering Tests of
Seafloor Mounted
Surveillance Sensors
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New Proposal? Y Agency Submitted to: Foreign EEZ? N
Funded Grant? N ONR
Institutional Proposal #: Amount Requested: Area(s) of Operation:
NP9
Agency Proposal #:
Lat/Long:
Renewal? N Start Date: Begin: 32 45'N 117 15'W
Grant #: End Date: End: 32 30'N 117 25'W
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Ship(s) Requested # Science
Year (Name or Size) Days Req. Optimum Dates Alternate Dates
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2008 Robert Gordon Sproul 5 1/24/08 - 2/01/08 following week
2008 Robert Gordon Sproul 5 2/20/08 - 2/29/08 following week
2008 Robert Gordon Sproul 7 3/25/08 - 4/04/08 following week
2008 Robert Gordon Sproul 5 5/01/08 - 5/09/08 following week
2008 Robert Gordon Sproul 9 6/02/08 - 6/13/08 following week
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Total Science & Ship Days Needed: --------------- PORTS ------------
26 Start: Intermediate: End:
Number in Science Party: San Diego N/A San Diego
14 / only 6 berths for
overnight
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Equipment Required:
_ Vans _ P-Code GPS _ MCS _ Alvin _ ABE
_ Dynamic Positioning _ Multibeam _ SCS _ ROV _ 680 Cond.
_ Helicopter Operation
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Other Special Equipment; Comments:
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All cruises are in local San Diego waters. Our deployment team will be a crew
of 14; however only 6 will overnight on the ship. Typical cruise schedule:
Load ship Thursday. Underway Friday for practice deployments. Back in port
Friday evening. Inport Saturday & Sunday keeping our equipment onboard over the
weekend. Underway Monday morning. At sea Monday to install arrays on seafloor.
Back in port Monday afternoon to disembark deployment team. Underway Tuesday
morning with science team. At sea Tuesday & Wednesday with science team. Back
in port Thursday morning to pickup retrieval crew. Then underway again to
retrieve arrays from seafloor. Back in port Thursday afternoon. Offload ship
Thursday afternoon and/or Friday morning.
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UNOLS Ship Time Request Form - Section TWO
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Other Scientists Involved in Multi-P.I. Program:
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Name Institution Phone E-mail
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Are there special considerations of the science party or cruise scheduling?
Consider science time constraints; coordination of equipment shipping;
two-ship operations; weather windows; mooring turn-around; teaching schedules
and others that will affect scheduling decisions.
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All cruises are in local San Diego waters. Our deployment team will be a crew
of 14; however only 6 will overnight on the ship. SPAWAR will operate a small
boat to support sensor deployment and retrieval. The ship will need to provide
lunch for the small boat crew.
Typical cruise schedule is:
Load ship Thursday. Underway Friday for practice deployments. Back in port
Friday evening. Inport Saturday & Sunday keeping our equipment onboard over the
weekend. Underway Monday morning. At sea Monday to install arrays on seafloor.
Back in port Monday afternoon to disembark deployment team. Underway Tuesday
morning with science team. At sea Tuesday & Wednesday with science team. Back
in port Thursday morning to pickup retrieval crew. Then underway again to
retrieve arrays from seafloor. Back in port Thursday afternoon. Offload ship
Thursday afternoon and/or Friday morning.
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SCUBA Diving? X No _ Yes -- Designate Lead Institution:
# Individual dives: # Divers on board:
A list of all divers and their certification information must be submitted
to the ship's marine superintendent.
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Special Science Party Considerations
_ Foreign Nationals _ Medical Conditions _ Disabled Persons _ Other
Please explain:
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All cruises are in local San Diego waters. Our deployment team will be a crew
of 14; however only 6 will overnight on the ship. The deployment crew will
disembark before dark and not overnight.
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Use of Hazardous Materials? X No _ Yes
If Yes, List type, quantity, and disposal plans:
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Radioactive? Type: Quantity:
Disposal Plan:
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Explosives? Type: Quantity:
Disposal Plan:
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Other? Type: Quantity:
Disposal Plan:
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Have you read the RVOC Safety Training Manual-Chapter 1? _ No X Yes
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Technician Required (CTD, SCS, MSC, etc): Restech Required. CTD required.
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Equipment to be used:
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Winches: Wire: Conductor Navigation: Communication:
_ Dredge/Trawl Mechanical _ 0.680" X GPS _ Inmarsat
_ Hydro _ 9/16" _ 0.322" _ DGPS _ ATS
X CTD _ 1/2" _ .225" _ Loran _ FAX
X Capstans _ 1/4" _ Single _ Dynamic Positioning _ Cellular
_ Multi _ Other _ SEANET
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X 12 kHz Echosounder _ Multibeam Sounder _ Air Compressor
X 3.5 kHz Echosounder _ Magnetometer
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Vans: Nets:
_ Pingers _ Refrigerated _ Dip net
_ Gravity Corers _ Magazine _ Plankton
_ Piston Corers _ Isotope Isolation _ Neuston
_ Box Corers _ Lab _ Bongo
_ Rock Dredges _ Storage _ Mid-water trawl
_ Airgun/watergun system _ Berthing _ MOCNESS
_ Explosive Handling Gear _ Chest Freezers (Size):
_ Thermometers _ Refrigerators _ Work boats
X CTD _ Computer/peripherals
_ Rosette Sys. _ Auto Analyzer _ PC computers
_ Niskin bottles _ Salinometer _ SAIL system
Size: _ Nutrients _ Digital XBT
and number: _ Oxygen titration _ ADCP
_ Liquid Scintillation _ Gravimeter
_ Uncontaminated seawater _ IMET
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Other Special Equipment; Equipment Requiring Special Handling, Storage or
Installation; Comments:
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SPAWAR will be deploying sensor strings on the seafloor that include: acoustic
& magnetic sensors, recording electronics, anchors, buoys, lines, transponders
and acoustic releases.
SPAWAR will operate its own small boat to support deployment and retrieval
operations.
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