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  2. Dynamic positioning - Wikipedia

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    Dynamic positioning (DP) is a computer-controlled system to automatically maintain a vessel's position and heading by using its own propellers and thrusters. Position reference sensors, combined with wind sensors, motion sensors and gyrocompasses , provide information to the computer pertaining to the vessel's position and the magnitude and ...

  3. USCGC Healy - Wikipedia

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    Healy has a Dynamic Positioning System (DPS) that uses her 2200-horsepower Omnithruster Bow Thruster system, which aids in navigation and station keeping during science operations. [7] Her flight deck is capable of landing both of the Coast Guard's helicopter airframes, and attached is a hangar that can house 2 Eurocopter HH-65 Dolphin helicopters.

  4. USCGC Joshua Appleby - Wikipedia

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    With state-of-the-art electronics and navigation systems including Dynamic Positioning System (DPS) which uses a Differential Global Positioning System, and electronic chart displays, these buoy tenders maneuver and position aids more accurately and efficiently with fewer crew. [3]

  5. USCGC Juniper - Wikipedia

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    Her Dynamic Positioning System (DPS) uses this positioning information, the ship's controllable-pitch propeller, and the stern and bow thrusters to keep the ship on station without any human input. These systems allow Juniper and her crew to work more buoys in less time, more efficiently and safely, and in tougher environmental conditions than ...

  6. USCGC Fir (WLB-213) - Wikipedia

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    The dynamic positioning system relies on inputs from the Differential Global Positioning System. In dynamic positioning mode the ship can be driven with a joystick from several locations on the bridge, and from a mobile ship control console. [2] [5] The ship recently converted all of its lighted aids to navigation from incandescent to LED lights.

  7. USCGC James Rankin - Wikipedia

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    The Z-drives and bow thruster can be linked in a Dynamic Positioning System. This gives James Rankin the ability to hold position in the water even in heavy currents, winds, and swells. This advanced capability is useful in bringing buoys aboard that can weigh more than 16,000 lbs. [ 7 ]

  8. USCGC Cypress - Wikipedia

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    Her Dynamic Positioning System (DPS) uses this positioning information, the ship's controllable-pitch propeller, and the stern and bow thrusters to keep the ship on station without any human input. Cypress's Machinery Plant Control and Monitoring System (MPCMS) has over 1000 sensors throughout the ship. This system makes it possible for one ...

  9. DPS - Wikipedia

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    Display PostScript, an on-screen display system; Dynamic positioning system, a means to automatically maintain a ship's position and heading by using her own propellers and thrusters; DPS protocol, a quantum key distribution protocol; DPS (Data Processing System), the designation of several lines of computer in the List of Groupe Bull products