Advanced Hull Forms for Landing Craft Navy SBIR FY2012.1 Sol No.: Navy SBIR FY2012.1 Topic No.: N121-057 Topic Title: Advanced Hull Forms for Landing Craft Proposal No.: N121-057-0572 Firm: Donald L. Blount and Associates, Inc. Greenbrier Tower II 870 Greenbrier Circle, Suite 600 Chesapeake, Virginia 23320 Contact: Jeffrey Bowles Phone: (757) 321-8505 Web Site: www.dlba-inc.com Abstract: An innovative landing craft hullform is studied that should maximize speed and range while minimizing installed power and maintaining the capability to interface with existing amphibious ship's well decks. Benefits: An advanced hull form can reduce hull resistance for displacement hull landing craft up to 30%. A reduction in hull resistance of this magnitude will reduce the Total Ownership Cost and will allow a higher service speed with the same installed power. The strategy for commercializing an advanced hull form for landing crafts in DoD, other Federal Agencies, and/or private sector markets consists of adapting the innovative hull form to commercial and private recreational vessels. Commercial and recreational landing craft have been produced and historically it has been found that decommissioned LCU 1600 craft fulfill the requirements of many short to medium range, low draft vehicle ferry routes. The results of this study can be presented to shipbuilders, ferry operators, and private clients within our core market. The technology developed may offer a large scale improvement in service speed or reduced fuel consumption and in reduced emissions for commercial vessels. Return