We’ve been asked many times for information on ROV design, so we hope this section will be useful. The following are good references on ROV and/or undersea vehicle design, besides the many volumes of ROV and UI conference proceedings available from MTS. And, don’t forget the newly released MTS CD-ROM, Operational Effectiveness of Unmanned Underwater Systems, available through this web site.

• Submersible Vehicle Systems Design. 1990. Editor: Eugene Allmendinger. Published by the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, 601 Pavonia Avenue, Jersey City, N.J. 07306, 1990. ISBN 0-939773-06-6

• Design Aspects of Underwater Intervention Systems. 1996. By Hawley, Nuckols, Reader and Potter. Published by Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 4050 Westmark Drive, Dubuque, Iowa 52002. ISBN 0-7872-1510-4

• Exploring the Deep. General Reference. 1994. Michael Welham. Published by Haynes Publishing, Sparkford, Nr. Yeovil, Somerset BA22 7JJ. ISBN 1-85260-471-9

• The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has recently published the "Code of Practice for the Safe and Efficient Operation of Remotely Operated Vehicles. For information call 44-181-547-1566.

• Sound Underwater Images: A Guide to The Generation and Interpretation of Side Scan Sonar Data. By John P. Fish and H. Arnold Carr. Available from American Underwater Search and Survey Ltd., Box 768, Cataumet, Massachusetts, USA 02534. ISBN 0-936972-14-9.