113 cable was also being prooured in limited quantim in oMe tfie rubber oovered type 104 would enoounter abrasion when landed over the ooral reefs at Eniwetok. Sufficient quantities of these oable were located at Clearfield, Utah, through the Eleotronios Supply Seotion of the Bureau of Ships. All oable was ordered eo as to provide nearly 100% sparee. This large allowanoe for spare was predicated on the tipor~ae of the cable program and the desire to avoid any difficulty of reaupply after the initial movement. Almost all of tiis spare oable was expended when the Atomic Energy Commission upped ita uable requirementslater on. Resupply had tobe undertaken in the typellSP when type 104 proved unsuitable ●nd l15Puaa eubaittuted for it. The heavy epare allowanoe proved entirely juatlfied. Before Lieutenant Comnander Rowand reported to the ctaff, sonw considerationhad been given to oonwrting an I&M into a uable-laying ve68el. TMe &pa of ship posueased several desirable aharaoteristios. There was ample room in the tank deok for the loading and splicing of oable and the open overhead on this deck provided freedom for installation of booms, A-fremea and taokle required ih oable-laying operation. The high freeboardand low draft of this type oooaaioned come doubt aa to ita maneuvering oharaoteriatic+e.JJXR H. E. Rowand and Ensign Jablonski investigatedthe ●vailability of other types of veaaela for cable laying. The YE or net tender type could not carry eufflolent oable for use in the forthoomlng operation although they had engaged In cable-la@ng for harbor defense work during the war. One veaael designed and fitted aa aaable layer wan located, but this 15 section XI