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The first of a series of six EEP buoys being readied for stationing in the summer 

 of 1972. These 100-ton platforms, designed to withstand 150-knot winds, 60-foot 

 waves and 10-knot currents, will be anchored in almost two miles of water 225 miles 

 from Gulf port, Mississippi and can carry more than 100 sensors to measure and 

 report oceanic and atmospheric conditions. 



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