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TR 278 



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4. TITLE (end Subtitle) 



A Surface Recovery Technique for Deep floored 

 Vertical Arrays 



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Final 



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7. AUTHORf.; Marshall A. Paige 

 Peter J. Heuser 

 Lee A. Lindquist 



Paring R. Mavnral 



John H. Selleck 



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9. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME AND ADDRESS 



Naval Oceanographic Office 



NSTL Station 



Bay St. Louis, Mississippi 39522 



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12. REPORT DATE 



August 1981 



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35 



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Recovery 



Salvage 



Mine Sweeping 



Deep Ocean Recovery 



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A surface recovery technique was developed for the retrieval of a 

 vertically oriented array which had been anchored at a depth of 4550 meters. 

 The array was severed within 100 meters of the bottom in order to retrieve 

 two faulty anchor releases as well as the scientific instrumentation. 



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