capabilities as follows: 



1. Qualified SCUBA and Second Class Divers 



Four of the project personnel are qualified Navy 

 SCUBA divers. These qualifications are needed since a 

 great deal of the in-the-water maintenance of TRIESTE 

 involves diving. 



2. Welding Capability 



One member of the project team is qualified in arc 

 and acetylene welding. The NEL support facility has 

 complete equipment for light welding work. 



3. Seamanship 



In addition to their repair, maintenance, and support- 

 ing functions at NEL, the TRIESTE military team super- 

 vises the sea operations. These include operations with 

 small boats, acting as topside handlers and divers, and 

 maintenance of communications between the bathyscaph 

 group and NEL. As there are no separate maintenance 

 and operating crews, the tempo of operations of TRIESTE 

 is necessarily limited more by the human factor than by 

 the mechanical factor. 



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