COMMANDER TASK UNIT S"VSN
POINT THREE POINT SIX
U.S.5. LSH 250
c/o Fleet Post Office
San Francisco, California
File No.
CTU7.3.6/29
19 April 1948
Serial: 0018 |
a
Subject:
Report of Submarine Cable Operations. (ccn't)
‘recovery or under running of the cable for
any great distance is impractical and ruins
the cable.
Dragging operations are also
slow and difficult.
Therefore any frults
should be located as closelyas vorsible by
bridge measurements before commencing repair operations.
A tone should then be
applied to the end of the cable end the
cable itself located as close to the measured fault as possible with a finder coil,
amplifier and detecting device.
‘Ships
Model OBB Cable Detecting Equipment was
found very satisfactory for this purpose.
By: following the above procedure it was
found possible to dragand lift the cable
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Section VII
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