Deep-Draft Entrance Channels: Preliminary Comparisons Between Field and Laboratory MeasurementsBarbers Point HarborTable 1. Vessel Parameters Barbers Point Harbor, HITable 2. Transit Parameters Barbers Point Harbor, HIFigure 4. Measured significant wave heights by the NOAA offshore buoy and the entrance channel PUV gageFigure 5. Physical model of Barbers Point Harbor at the ERDC, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL) research facilitiesFigure 7. MOTAN motion analysis system installed in the model shipFigure 8. Schematic of Barbers Point Harbor physical modelTable 3. Gages Coordinates and Water Depths Barbers Point Harbor, HITable 4. Summary of Wave Parameters Barbers Point Harbor, HIFigure 9. Target and laboratory wave case DDU422 for Tp = 6.7 sec and Hm0 = 0.58 mFigure 10. Measured field and laboratory hWA,CG(x) time series and field ship speed for the outbound World Utility with full load (MAX draft)Figure 11. Maximum hWA,CG for the four prototype shipsFigure 13. Comparison of all field and laboratory hWA,CG for ships with full load (MAX draft)SIGNIFICANCE TO UNDERKEEL CLEARANCEFigure 14. Calculated hWA,Bow at the World Utility for outbound runs with full load (MAX draft)SIGNIFICANCE TO UNDERKEEL CLEARANCE (cont.)Figure 15. Normalized hWA,Bow for the World Utility for outbound runs with full load (MAX draft)ADDITIONAL INFORMATION - chetn-ix-70019REFERENCES - chetn-ix-70020chetn-ix-7