| 词条 | Argus Island |
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Argus Island was a United States Navy research tower and platform located on Plantagenet Bank off the island of Bermuda. The tower was four-legged with a two-story platform for crew quarters, instrumentation and support services. The tower had fuel storage, crane and a helicopter pad. The design was intended to withstand a wave height of {{convert|70|ft|m|1}},{{sfn|Flato|1976|p=1}} but in its early years the tower was damaged by waves approaching the design height.{{sfn|Flato|1976|p=2}} Typical minimum staffing by contract personnel was eight persons, including electronic technicians, mechanics and housekeeping staff.{{sfn|Flato|1976|p=2}} The prefabricated tower was designed, built and installed in 1960 by J. Ray McDermott & Company of New Orleans to support Project Artemis, an acoustic research program,{{sfn|Flato|1976|pp=1, 3}} and was part of the SOSUS submarine-detecting system that included Naval Facility Bermuda.{{sfn|McGovern|2018|pp=54–55}} In July 1966 the program was transferred to the Manager, Antisubmarine Warfare Project Office and technical responsibility transferred to the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL).{{sfn|Flato|1976|p=4}} The research program was suspended on 30 June 1970 with occasional daytime inspections and maintenance work by NRL personnel.{{sfn|Flato|1976|p=2}} On 13 May 1976 the tower was toppled by demolition charges, and on 12 June a Notice to Mariners noted it as an obstruction covered by {{convert|16|fathom|m|1}}. ReferencesBibliography
3 : United States Navy installations|Buildings and structures completed in 1960|Buildings and structures demolished in 1976 |
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