UFC 4-159-03
3 October 2005
SSR-6176-OCN
Heavy Weather Mooring of FFG-7 and DDG-51 Ships at
Subase Kings Bay, Ga
SSR-6183-OCN
Concept Study Mooring Service Type III For a CVN-68 at
Navsta Mayport, Fla
SSR-6260-OCN
Hurricane Mooring of Ships and Craft at Naval Coastal Systems
Center, Panama City, FL
SSR-6266-OCN
Plate Anchor Concept for Heavy Weather Mooring of CVN, LHD
and LHA, Berth 42/42 Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, VA
SSR-6282-OCN
Heavy Weather Mooring, NAVSTA Pascagoula, MS
SSR-6342-OCN
Heavy Weather Mooring of USS JOHN F KENNEDY (CV 67)
Naval Station, Mayport, FL
SSR-6368-OCN
Heavy Weather Mooring and Berthing-
Findings/Recommendations for Selected Berths
Risk Analysis for Ships Moored at Piers Generalized
TM-6001OCN
Evaluation of USS Tarawa (LHA-1) Mooring
TM-6015-OCN
DD(X) Mooring Concepts
TR-6004-OCN
Wind Effects on Moored Aircraft Carriers
TR-6012-OCN Rev B
U.S. Navy Heavy Weather Mooring Safety Requirements
TR-6020-OCN
Mooring USS WASP (LHD-1) Class Ships
TR-6023-OCN
Dynamic Analyses of a CVN-68 in a Heavy Weather Mooring
TR-6028-OCN
Mooring USS TARAWA (LHA 1) Class Ships
TR-6045-OCN
LPD-17 USS SAN ANTONIO Class Berthing, Mooring and
Anchoring
11-3
HEAVY WEATHER MOORING GUIDELINES. Ships under repair in
graving docks may be relatively safe, since the ships are relatively protected from the
potentially high wind forces and are out of current and waves effects. However, ships at
piers and wharves may be subjected to high winds, wind gusts, wind gust fronts,
currents, waves, storm surges, etc. It is common practice for U.S. Navy ships to exit
port prior to arrival of hurricanes and other forecasted extreme weather conditions. This
practice is normally executed when destructive winds (sustained wind speed above 50
knots) are expected in the local area. However, ships in availability (i.e. under repair)
may not be able to go to sea. Therefore, these ships must be moored safely during
heavy weather or be moved to nearby safe facilities before storm arrival.
COMNAVSEASYSCOM msg R 130351Z Jul 95 YZB provides operational
recommendations to mitigate many effects of Heavy Weather. The effectiveness of
these mitigation measures is difficult to quantify. Therefore, facilities are often relied
upon to resist the loads. In each home porting region, only a portion of all berthing
facilities must be capable of heavy weather mooring, since only a portion of the ships
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