5 . The time and the manpower required to deploy and to retrieve 

 the FTB, load and unload the FTB with the 900-ft mixed boom, 

 deploy and retrieve the boom from the FTB , and the maximum speeds 

 that the FTB could maintain when self-powered and when pulled 

 by a UTB, when fully loaded, partially loaded, and not loaded, 

 are given below: 



Operation 



Number of 



Men 

 Required 



Time to 

 Complete 

 Operation 

 (Min) 



Max. 



Speed 



(Knots) 



Wind 

 (Knots) 



Waves 

 (Ft) 



Deployment of FTB 

 over a ramp 



4 



10.0 



— 



— 



— 



Retrieval of FTB 



4 



13.0 















over a ramp 













Loading the FTB with 

 900 ft of mixed boom 



7 



9.9 







Neg 



Neg 



Maximum speed of the FTB 

 carrying a load of 4350 

 lb when 



(i) under own pov^er 

 (ii) pulled by a UTB 



— 



— 



16.0 

 6.6 



Neg 

 Neg 



Neg 

 Neg 



Maximum speed of the FTB 

 carrying a load of 2600 

 lb when 



(i) under own power 

 (ii) pulled by a UTB 



— 







17.6 

 6.6 



Neg 

 Neg 



1.0 

 1.0 



Maximum speed of the FTB 

 carrying a load of 800 lb 

 when 



(i) under own power 

 (ii) pulled by a UTB 



— 



— 



21.7 

 8.7 



Neg 

 8 



Neg 

 Neg 



Deployment of the 900-ft 

 mixed boom into water 

 when faked 



(i) fore and aft 

 (ii) athwartship 



6 

 6 



8.83 

 4.3-6.65 



— 



Neg 

 Neg 



Neg 

 Neg 



Retrieval of the 900-ft 

 mixed boom from water, 

 and faked athwartship on 

 the FTB 



7 



18.0-22.9 





Neg 



Neg 



Retrieval of the 900-ft 

 boom from the FTB to the 



8 



9.9-10.8 







Neg 



Neg 



pier 













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