CHAPTER II, SECTION 3
2
-
FUEL OIL
TANK —FS
STA. 21
SALT WATER
WELL
4
~
~
i
(Neg. No. W-881-3)
Figure No. 2-24.
Ground Zero Arrangement — KOA Event.
STATION:
22
STATION:
24
SITE:
Off Janet
SITE:
Off Yvonne
USER: -
LASL
USER:
LASL
PURPOSE:
Zero Station
PURPOSE:
Zero Station
PARTICIPATION: 22
PARTICIPATION: 24
DESIGN PSI:
DESIGN PSI:
None
None
CONSTRUCTION: 6-6-58/7-18-58
CONSTRUCTION: 5-24-58/6-28-58
A modified LCU hull comprised this station.
The modification consisted of removing the bulwark on the portside of the hull and a small
portion on the starboard side. In addition, the
forward bulwarks were provided with openings
The zero station was a modified LCU hull.
Modification consisted of removing the port and
starboard side bulwarks and providing mooring
line openings through the forward bulwarks. A
timber cab, L-shaped, 16x25x10-foot high, was
placed on a steel beam grillwork which cantilevered 7 feet over the port side. A pipeline was
utilized on the portside for a Pinex experiment.
for mooring lines from the winches. A new timber
cab, 15x21x10-foot-high, was located on the
lower huil deck. A jib crane, salvaged from an-
other barge, was installed within the cab and
extended through the roof for loading User
equipment and the device through an 8x7 4-foot
roof hatch. Four-point splayed anchoring was
utilized with only two forward winches required
for positioning. Power was supplied from a 20-kw
engine generator.
Page 72
The pipeline was 81 feet long and consisted of 19
feet of 8-inch pipe at the lower end (18 feet
below the hull deck) connected to 40 feet of
6-inch-diameter pipe which terminated in an
access well on the side of the hull and 19 feet
of 6-inch pipe from the well to the cab floor.
The pipeline was supported by hanger frames
off the portside of the hull and perforated
the hull, where necessary, to provide a continu-