LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



Figure 1. Boom-connector design candidates. 



Figure 2. Towing-assembly design candidates. . 



Figure 3. Bulkhead-attachment design candidate No. 1. 



Figure 4. Bulkhead -attachment design candidate No. 2. 



Figure 5. Fabrication drawing of the selected boom 

 connector. ...... 



Figure 6. Female (top) and male (bottom) boom connectors for 

 joining sections of oil boom skirts. 



Figure 7. Boom connectors locked together. 



Figure 8. Fabrication drawing of selected boom towing 

 assembly. ...... 



9. Towing assembly attached to boom. 



10. Fabrication drawing of selected boom bulkhead- 

 attachment assembly. .... 



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11. Boom-bulkhead connector mounted on piling in 

 harbor. ....... 



12. Boom connectors installed on oil boom skirts for 

 Laboratory tests. ..... 



13. Boom connectors joining oil boom sections. 



14. Two men in small boat assembling two oil boom 

 sections by coupling boom connectors. 



15. Completing coupling of boom connectors. 



16. Towing 200 feet of oil boom in harbor. 



17. Oil boom skirt attached to bulkhead in harbor 



18. Oil boom skirt and boom towing connector 

 assembled for sea tests. . . . . 



Figure 19. Towing oil boom at sea in straight -line 

 configuration. . . . . . 



