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frequently the duty section found it necessary to stage divers, keep the log, cook, communicate, 

 and clean up all at the same time. Needless to say, without the cooperation of the entire crew 

 through the entire working day, the mission of the lab just could not have been carried out. 



Table 6 

 SEALAB II WATCH SCHEDULE 



Buddy Team and Individual Number Assignments 



Carpenter lA 



Eaton IB 



Tuckfield 2A 



Cannon 2B 



Team 1 



Team 2 



Johler 5A 

 Clarke 5B 



Sonnenburg 3A 

 C off man 3B 



Murray 4A 



Skidmore 4B 



Team 5' 



Team 3 



Team 4 



The sleeping-hours watch section, although composed of only one man, was not nearly so 

 hectic. There was time to engage in a little idle chatter with the surface, make the daily re- 

 port of our activities to topside, finish off the log, and set up four or six Mk-VI breathing rigs 

 for the next day's sorties. 



The daily schedules changed each day, as did the "Pians-of-the-Day" (P.O.D.), until a 

 smooth operation evolved out of the first trial-and-error week of activity on the bottom. The 

 accompanying list shows the Plan of the Day in the form which was adopted after a week or ten 

 days of evolution. The Sunday P.O.D. continued with the same watch schedule, but there was 

 no scheduled breakfast; each man fixed his own brunch, and diving was at the discretion of the 

 individual teams. The evening meal was prepared by the duty section as usual. 



