Seakeeping
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Seakeeping ability or seaworthiness is a measure of how well-suited a watercraft is to conditions when underway. A ship or boat which has good seakeeping ability is said to be very seaworthy and is ab
USS Chemung (AO-30) refueling USS Hooper in heavy seas
USS Santa Fe (CL-60) rolling about 35 degrees to starboard as she rides out a typhoon
USS Waldron (DD-699) pitching her forefoot out of the water, while operating in heavy Atlantic seas
Sea state
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In oceanography, sea state is the general condition of the free surface on a large body of water—with respect to wind waves and swell—at a certain location and moment. A sea state is characterized by
Seakeeping
…conditions when underway. A ship or boat which has good seakeeping ability is said to be very seaworthy and is able to operate effectively even in high sea states. In 1976, St. Denis suggested four principal terms needed to describe a seakeeping performance. These are…
NOAA ship Delaware II in foul weather on Georges Bank.
Sea State 5 and 8 range