Winter in the North Atlantic

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Winter in the North Atlantic

Our Stateroom

Target Practice

Horse Shoes

R and R on Deck

PH2 Dave Gross

Man Overboard Drill

Transponder Launch

Transponder assembled on No. 4 hold cover - crewman working on the battery pack - LT David Crestin and LCDR V. L. Harris standing on the left

Transponder Launch

The cargo booms are being attached to the transponder assembly

Transponder Launch

The bosun operates the cargo boom winches to raise the transpondrer off the No. 4 hold hatch cover

Transponder Launch

ET3 John Valade holding the orange floatation tank, ET1 Charlie King giving hand signals, SN Hal Burnett stabilizing the assembly

Transponder Launch

Over the side and into the water

Oceanographic Stations

Hooking a Nansen bottle to the wire

Nansen bottles were used these to collect seawater samples - bottles were attached to the cable at different lengths to obtain samples of temperature and pressure at different depths