4ft drum, and through a blook in the “A”-frame, -d
-idships.
ooiled d-
Ends were laahod together and loope containing the ode
laid out at alternate ende of’ooil for spliaing. SPlioe~ mmmendgd
splicing ae soon ae the first reel was stowed. Loading and splioing
prooeeded simultaneously.
Upon the completion of the uplioing of sufficient oable, laying
operation oo~enoed. Splidng was diaoontinuedonly during aotual
laying operatiom.
Loading and splioingwere oarried out on night
watoheu when necessary.
.
While laying, the cable led fkom the ooil amidahipe through a
blook in the ‘An- frame and through fhirleadsto
●n
outrigger Mar
the bow. Iaylng speed was approximtely S knote. If the LSH oould
not get in within 100 yards of the beaoh, sufficient cable waa transferred into an LCMuhichoarried
it to the shore. Cable buoys were
provided to float In the shore ende but this was never neoessary. A
traotor or winch would have been required in the latter ease to haul
in the shore end. The shoro ●nde wwre scoured to anohor logs buried
in
the sand to prwent the oablo being dragged off-shore tiile laying
or
by eurf aotioa. -
oables were led frm
the beaohm underground
to terminal boxes in the Momio Mergy Coamiaaton Structures.
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