Manual for submarine miningUnited States. War Department
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Manual for submarine mining
United States. War Department
Submarine mines -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Ammeters, portable, 0-25 scale, 1 to each post.
Anchors, buoy, 500 pounds, 5 to each group of 19 mines.
Anchors, mine, 1 to each buoyant mine.
Axle, cable-reel, 1 to each cable-reel frame.
Balances and weights, 1 set to each post.
Battery, storage, 1 to each casemate.
Boards, operating, 1 to each group of 19 mines.
Boxes, distribution, 1 to each group of 19 mines.
Boxes, distribution, 1 to each group of 7 mines.
Boxes, junction, large, 3 to each mile of multiple cable.
Boxes, junction, small, 1 to each mile of single-conductor cable.
Buoy, distribution box, 1 to each distribution box.
Buoy, marking, 5 to each group of 19 mines.
Buoy, mine, 1 to each buoyant mine.
Cable, submarine, 19-conductor, according to project.
Cable, submarine, 7-conductor, according to project.
Cable, submarine, 1 conductor, according to project.
Cases, guncotton, as required.
Circuit closer, 1 to each mine transformer.
Clips, cable, 2 for each mine.
Engine, internal combustion, 1 to each casemate.
Frame, cable-reel, 3 to each post.
Fuse can, 1 to each compound plug.
Generator, casemate, 1 to each casemate.
Mine cases, according to project.
Motor generator, D. C.-A. C., 2 to each casemate.
Panels, power, 1 to each casemate.
Planting equipment for emergency vessels, 1 to each vessel:
Each planting equipment consists of—
1 axle, cable-reel.
4 blocks, snatch.
4 blocks, triplex, 2-ton.
2 come-alongs.
2 davits, anchor.
2 davits, mine.
1 frame, cable-reel.
4 hooks, trip.
Plugs, compound, 1 to each mine case.
Reels, cable, according to cable on hand.
Reel and frame, measuring, 1 to each mine field.
Shackles, anchor, 2 to each anchor.
Shackles, mine, 2 to each mine.
Sister hooks, 1 pair to each anchor.
Sockets, mooring, 2 to each buoyant mine, for wire rope only.
Springs, automatic anchor, 6 extra for each group of 19 mines.
Switches, starting, 1 to each motor generator, D. C.-A. C.
Telephones, boat, 4 to each mine field.
Testing set, insulation, 1 to each post having a cable tank:
Each testing set consists of—
1 box, resistance, 100,000 ohms.
2 cases for instruments.
1 galvanometer, D’Arsonval, reflecting.
1 key, special insulation testing.
1 repair kit.
1 shunt, Ayrton Universal.
Transformer, casemate, 2 to each casemate.
Transformer, mine, 1 to each mine.
Voltmeter, portable, 0-3-volt scale, 1 to each storage battery.
Voltmeter, portable, 0-150-volt scale, 2 to each post.
Weights, distance, for automatic anchor, 6 extra for each group
of 19 mines.
UTENSILS.
(Supply for each post, unless otherwise indicated.)
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