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Twenty Foilborne Years, the U.S TWENTY FOILBORNE YEARS THE U.S. NAVY HYDROFOIL High Point PCH- 1 Wm. M. Ellsworth Prepared for DTNSRDC under Contract #N00600-81-D-0252- FD 36 and FD 40 Approved for Public Release; Distribution Unlimited. This document prepared for the David Taylor Naval Ship Research and Development Center under Contract No. NO06004 I -D-O252-FD36iFD40. TWENTY FOILBORNE YEARS THE U.S. NAVY HYDROFOIL High Point PCH- 1 Wm. M. Ellsworth Prepared for DTNSRDC under Contract #NOO600-8 l-D-0252- FD 36 and FD 40 Table of Contents PAGE . TABLE OF CONTENTS.. ._. .._.. ,__.,,... .,... , . ..I...._. ..I 111 LIST OF FIGURES . .._........._................. .._ . vii . LIST OF TABLES.. .._. .._.................. ,.... .._. _..... .xl11 . ABSTRACT.. ,_. ._. xv PREFACE .._........ .._............ .xvii . CHAPTER I - HYDROFOIL EVOLUTION.. ,. ._. 1 EARLY TEST CRAFT ......................................................................... ............................ 1 EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT.. ............................................................. ........................... 2 EARLY U.S. NAVY DEVELOPMENTS.. ................................................. ........................... 7 THE LANDING CRAFT DIVERSION .................................................... ........................... 10 THE CANADIAN CONNECTION ......................................................... ........................... 15 DEVELOPMENT OF SEA LEGS ............................................................ ........................... 19 THE MARITIME CONNECTION ........................................................... ........................... 22 CHAPTER 2 - PCH DESIGN. .._...... .._....................... .27 . PRELIMINARY DESIGN.. ................................................................................................ 27 CONTRACT DESIGN.. .................................................................................................... 30 . 111 CHAPTER 3 - ACQUISITION.. , . 47 THE BID PACKAGE.. ........................................ ......... .............. 47 CONTRACT AWARD.. ....................................... ......... .............. 48 DETAIL DESIGN AND SUBSYSTEMS .................. ,,., ......... .............. 48 SHIP CONSTRUCTION ...................................... ......... .............. 61 SUPERVISOR OF SHIPBUILDING.. ..................... ......... .............. 63 LAUNCHING ..................................................... ......... .............. 64 CHAPTER 4 - EARLY TRIALS . 67 BUILDERS TRIALS.. ................................................. ....................................... 67 PRE-DELIVERY SHIP’S FORCE.. ............................... ....................................... 71 SPECIAL PERFORMANCE TRIALS PLANNING.. ......... ,... ,... ....................................... 74 CHAPTER 5 - POST DELIVERY TRIBULATIONS... _... .._. 81 FINAL ACCEPTANCE TRIALS .......... ............................. 83 BACK IN WASHINGTON.. .............. ............................. 84 FRESH-I AND AGEH-1.. .................. ..,. .,.. ............................. 85 SPECIAL PERFORMANCE TRIALS .... ,... ............................. 88 ROUGH WATER TRIALS ................ ........ 95 GROWING CONCERN .................... .,............ ........ 98 CHAPTER 6 - REGROUPING.. ,. 101 MOD-O REPAIR.. ....................................... ..,. 1. ......... ........ 101 RESTRUCTURING THE PROGRAM ............. .............. .,.. ......... ........ 102 LOCATION OF THE TRIALS UNIT.. ........... .............. ......... ........ 105 MOD-I STUDY .......................................... .............. ......... ........ 110 BOEING VERIF1CATION TRIALS ................ .............. .,.. ........ 111 THE TRIALS UNIT IS ESTABLISHED .......... .............. ........ 115 CHAPTER 7 - PROGRAM IN TRANSITION. ._. _. ,.... ,. 1 19 OVERVIEW 1967.. ......................................................................................................... 119 OVERVIEW 1968.. ......................................................................................................... 122 OVERVIEW 1(;,69 ........................................................................................................... 123 OVERVIEW 1970.. ......................................................................................................... 127 TRIALS PLANNING ........................................................................................................ 128 RADIATED NOISE., ........................................................................................................ 129 EXTENDABLE: SONAR.. ................................................................................................ 130 TORPEDO FIRING ......................................................................................................... 131 40 MM GUN FIRING ...................................................................................................... 132 SINGLE-ENGINE OPERATION ......................................................................................... 136 TOWED BODY TRIALS.. ............................................................................................... 138 iv CHAPTER 8 - 1971 SOCAL DEPLOYMENT . .._...._..............._....................................... 143 MAKING PREPARATIONS .................... .............. 143 TRANSIT TO SAN DIEGO.. ................. .............. .............................. 143 EXERCISE COMPTIJEX-7 1.. ................. ......... .............................. 146 OPERATIONS IN SAN DIEGO .............. ......... , . .............................. 147 EXERCISE ADMIXTURE ....................... ......... .............................. 149 THE VOYAGE HOME.......................... ......... 153 PROGRAM OFFICE CHANGES ............. * . 154 CHAPTER 9 - MOD-I . .._......... _....._........ 157 DESIGN ......................................................................................................................... 157 PRE-MOD-I OPS.. ........................................................................................................... 158 MOD-I AT LAST.. ........................................................................................................... 162 MERITORIOUS UNIT CITATION. .................................................................................... 162 MOD-I CHANGES ........................................................................................................... 164 EXFOLIATION ............................................................................................................... 172 STRAIN GAUGES.. ......................................................................................................... 173 ANTI-CLIMAX ................................................................................................................ 173 CHAPTER 10 - MISSION TRIALS 73-75 . 175 PENAIDS TRIALS................... ......... .,.. 175 HARPOON FIRING ................. ......... 177 SCFCS TRIALS....................... ......... 179 SOCAL- DEPLOYMENT ....... ......... 183 THE COHO-II RESCUE.. ......... ......... 185 BACK TO PSNS ...................... ......... ..,. 187 COAST GUARD OPERATION . ......... 188 ASSIST ................................... 192 AGAIN AT PSNS.. ................... 193 CHAPTER 11 - THE SECOND DECADE . ..,.. ..I......... 197 OVERVIEW 1976........................................................................................................... 197 OVERVIEW 1977.. ......................................................................................................... 200 THE DEACTIVATION AFFAIR.. ....................................................................................... 202 OVERVIEW 1978.. ......................................................................................................... 204 OVERVIEW 1979.. ......................................................................................................... 205 OVERVIEW 1980 ........................................................................................................... 207 DEACTIVATION REVISITED.. ......................................................................................... 209 DTAS ............................................................................................................................ 2 11 OVERVIEW 1981.. ......................................................................................................... 214 OVERVIEW 1982.. ......................................................................................................... 2 16 OVERVIEW 1983. .......................................................................................................... 219 HYTOW’.... .................................................................................................................... 220 OVERVIEW 19&I.. ......................................................................................................... 226 EPILOG . .._...................._........._................................................................... 231 CHANGING OF THE GUARD .......................................................................................... 23 1 LESSONS LEARNED.. ...................................................................................................... 232 REFERENCES . _ . _ . _ . 2 3 5 APPENDICES A- CHRONOLOGY OF SIGNIFICANT EVENTS ................................................................ 243 B- HIGH POINT OPERATIONS
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