General Information

Serial #

3586

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

PLASTIC CASING/ PLASTIC, METAL & RUBBER COMPONENT PARTS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

46.0 cm

Width

10.0 cm

Height

13.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Marine Transportation

Category

Communications

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

ACR

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Florida

City

Hollywood

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Newfoundland and Labrador

Period

BETWEEN 1976 & 1982

Canada

DESPITE ITS SIZE, REPUTATION FOR INVULNERABILITY & REGULATORY CONTROLS OVER DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION & OPERATION THE OCEAN RANGER & ALL 84 CREW MEMBERS WERE LOSTDURING A STORM FEB. 15, 1982. OF THOSE KILLED 69 WERE CANADIANS.

Function

WHEN ACTIVATED, EITHER MANUALLY OR AS A RESULT OF SUBMERSION, THIS UNIT WILL EMIT A RADIO SIGNAL, THEREBY ESTABLISHING ITS PHYSICAL LOCATION. LIKE UNITS CARRIED BY AIRCRAFT, THIS BEACON'S SIGNALS ARE MONITORED BY SEARCH & RESCUE TEAMS ASSISTING TROUBLED MARINE VESSELS.

Technical

WHEN IT WAS LAUNCHED IN 1976 THE OCEAN RANGER WAS THE LARGEST, SELF-PROPELLED SEMISUBMERSIBLE OFFSHORE DRILLING UNIT IN THE WORLD. (REPORT, p. vii)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MFR'S LABEL BEARS FOLLOWING INFO.: 'E.P.I.R.B. CLASS 'A'/ FCC TX DATAACR/RLB-14/ SERIAL NO. 3586 FCC PART 83/ USCG APPROVAL 161.011/9/0/ ACR ELEC- TRONICS, INC./ 3901 N. 29TH AVE. HOLLYWOOD/ FLORIDA 33020/ MFR'S LABEL INCLUDES OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS: ‘OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS/ TO TURN UNIT ON/ 1. HOLD EPIRB WITH ANTENNA UP. UNIT IS NOW ON-ILLUMINATED RED LIGHT AT TOP INDICATES/ PROPER OPERATION./ TO TURN UNIT OFF/ 2. TURN EPIRB WITH ANTENNA POINTING DOWN. UNIT WILL TURN OFF AUTOMATICALLY./ 3. TEST PROCEDURE./ A. REMOVE BEACON FROM BRACKET/ HOLDING ANTENNA DOWN./ B. REMOVE TEST SWITCH COVER. DEPRESS/ SWITCH AND HOLD DOWN. ROTATE BEACON/ SO THAT ANTENNA IS UP./ C. CHECK THAT RED INDICATOR LIGHT IS ON/ (ALLOW 10 SECONDS)./ D. AFTER RED LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED/ ROTATE BEACON TO ANTENNA DOWN/ POSITION AND RELEASE TEST SWITCH./ REPLACE TEST SWITCH COVER./ E. IF RED INDICATOR LIGHT DOES NOT/ LIGHT, SEE EPIRB INSTRUCTION AND/ MAINTENANCE MANUAL./ 4. BEACON WILL AUTOMATICALLY DEPLOY AND/ TURN "ON" IN THE EVENT OF SUBMERSION.'/ 'OCEAN/ RANGER/ KRTB' HANDWRITTEN IN BLACK INK ON TOP END/ DECAL BELOW HANDLE READS: 'SHIP NAME/ [OCEAN RANGER]'/ RED LABEL, BELOW: ‘WARNING/ IT IS UNLAWFUL TO TRANSMIT A DIS-/ TRESS SIGNAL UNLESS AN EMERGENCY/ EXISTS. THIS UNIT BROADCASTS WHEN A/ SIGNAL ON THE INTERNATIONAL DIS-/ TRESS FREQUENCIES. THIS ALERTS ALL/ GOVERNMENT MONITORING STATIONS,/ MILITARY, F.A.A. AIRLINE AND/ COAST GUARD AIRCRAFT.'/ CLEAR LABEL NEAR BASE READS: 'TEST SWITCH-PUSH'/ PAPER LABEL ON BACK READS: 'DATE MFG./ 7-/30 79/ REPLACEMENT/ BATTERY DATE/ ON OR BEFORE/ 7/82/ SHELF LIFE/ 6 YRS./ INSP. BY _'/ DATE _' / PAPER RCMP TAG MARKED: 'MD 8/ 6/ 82-02-25 1100/ M SALEAU'

Missing

NONE. Battery has been removed and disposed of.

Finish

DAYGLO ORANGE EXTERIOR/ YELLOW ENDCAPS/ BLACK RUBBER SLEEVE ENCASES ANTENNA

Decoration

N/A