SYSTEM OF SEA FACILITIES INTERACTING IN OPEN SEA Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: shipbuilding; servicing submersible vehicles by surface ship. SUBSTANCE: system includes ship to be received and service ship and device for control of their interaction which consists of load-bearing frame secured on ship to be received for turn about axis of attachment. During interaction of ships, end of load-bearing frame is caught by locks after positioning the ships. These locks are secured on locking device on movable platform which moves over rails on service ship. Ship to be received is pulled into inter-side space of receiving ship (catamaran) by means of rope and is hoisted on board due to motion of platform. Owing to the invention, towing, mooring and hoisting procedures are accomplished by one working member. Low-tonnage ship may be used as service ship. EFFECT: enhanced reliability. 7 cl, 15 dwg