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Apparatus for recovery and launch of secondary watercraft such as SALM bases, barges and the like onto and from the deck of a host ship, comprising a pair of elongated inclined skid beam assemblies extending transversely across the host ship defining a pair of parallel skid paths spaced apart longit

Apparatus for recovery and launch of secondary watercraft such as SALM bases, barges and the like onto and from the deck of a host ship, comprising a pair of elongated inclined skid beam assemblies extending transversely across the host ship defining a pair of parallel skid paths spaced apart longitudinally of the ship, each skid beam assembly comprising a stationary skid beam section and a hinged skid beam section. The stationary skid beam section has a substantially rectilinear skid surface spanning a major portion of the width of the ship\s deck and extending in an inclined plane relative to the deck defining a wedge-like skid formation converging toward a side of the vessel for slidably supporting the secondary watercraft during launch and recovery thereof. A hinge block supports the hinged beam at an end of its associated stationary skid beam section adjacent a lateral margin of the deck for swivel movement about a pivot axis lying in a vertical transverse plane and extending perpendicular to the inclined plane of the skid surfaces of the stationary and hinged beam sections.

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Apparatus for recovery and launch of secondary watercraft onoto and from the deck of a host vessel, such as recovery and launch of single anchor leg mooring bases, barges and the like, comprising elongated inclined skid beam assemblies extending transversely of a longitudinally axis of the host vess

Apparatus for recovery and launch of secondary watercraft onoto and from the deck of a host vessel, such as recovery and launch of single anchor leg mooring bases, barges and the like, comprising elongated inclined skid beam assemblies extending transversely of a longitudinally axis of the host vessel defining parallel skid paths spaced apart longitudinally of the vessel, each skid beam assembly comprising a stationary skid beam section and a hinged skid beam section, said stationary skid beam section being surmounted above and fixed to an upper deck of the host vessel and having a substantially rectilinear skid surface spanning a major portion of the width of said upper deck and extending in an inclined plane relative to said deck defining a wedge-like skid formation converging downwardly relative to the deck and laterally toward a side of the vessel for slidably supporting a secondary watercraft during launch and recovery thereof, and hinge block means for said hinged beam section supporting the hinged beam section at an end of its associated stationary skid beam section adjacent a lateral margin of said deck for swivel movement about a pivot axis lying in a vertical transverse plane which includes said skid path with said pivot axis maintained perpendicular to said inclined plane, said hinged beam defining an upwardly facing rectilinear skid surface and being movable from an inboard storage position wherein the hinged beam is disposed substantially parallel to the host vessel longitudinal axis to an outboard launch and retrieval position disposed aligned with its associated stationary skid beam section as an aligned extension of its skid path projecting a predetermined distance laterally outboard of the adjacent side of the host vessel.