Figure 23 The 10 ton boom on a Net Cargo Ship heaves the net out and over the ships stern while an LCM waits for material. NOTE the large cylindrical Mark II buoy loaded crosswise on the LCM
Figure 24
An LCM landing craft towing a net section to the net line. Chinquapin (AN-17) and Papaya (AN-49) work on the new net while Elder (AN-20), off in the distance, overhauls the net laid earlier.
Figure 25
A steel net tender, probably Chinquapin (AN-17) or Elder (AN-20), at Kwajalein during this operation
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