Degaussing, or deperming, is the process of decreasing or eliminating a remnant magnetic field. It is named after the gauss, a unit of magnetism, which in turn was named after Carl Friedrich Gauss. Du
USS Jimmy Carter in the magnetic silencing facility at Naval Base Kitsap for her first deperming treatment
RMS Queen Mary arriving in New York Harbor, 20 June 1945, with thousands of U.S. soldiers – note the prominent degaussing coil running around the hull
Control panel of the MES-device ("Magnetischer Eigenschutz" German: magnetic self-protection) in a German Type 205 submarine
Close-wrap deperming of the Ivan Gren-class landing ship Ivan Gren, 2016. The cables are floated into position before wrapping around the vessel.
USS Jimmy Carter is the third and final Seawolf-class nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine in the United States Navy. Commissioned in 2005, she is named for the 39th president of the United States, J
Degaussing
…is also used to reduce magnetic fields in tape recorders and cathode-ray tube displays, and to destroy data held on magnetic storage. Ships' hulls USS Jimmy Carter in the magnetic silencing facility at Naval Base Kitsap for her first deperming treatment RMS Queen Mary arriving in New York Harbor, 20 June 1945…
Jimmy Carter returns to NSB Kitsap, 2017
Diagram of Jimmy Carter, showing added features
Jimmy Carter during the submarine's commissioning ceremony, 19 February 2005
Departing NSB Kings Bay with Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter aboard, 2005