The patent relates to a docking system which employs a haul down winch to recover and secure a swimmer delivery vehicle to the deck of a large submarine. A buoyancy system is used to deploy a haul down line in a vertical position extending above the submarine vehicle. An acoustic pulse transmitter provides guidance signals to direct the small swimmer delivery submersible to a point of engagement with the haul down line. An attachment means is secured to the line and cooperates with a capture socket carried on the nose of the submersible vehicle. A line capture and guidance device is also mounted on the nose of the submersible swimmer delivery vehicle to assist in attaching the vehicle to the haul down line.
Submersible Submersible Underway Docking Unit
1972
7 pages
Report
No indication
English