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. S3 Seotion XI L