A simulated submarine hull section is secured following the loading of a submarine emergency communication transmitter (SECT) buoy Mark 9 Mod O during testing at the Naval Ordnance Laboratory. When put into fleet use the SECT, which will ride outside the submarine's pressure hull and inside the submarine's outer hull, will be released an act as a surface marker if and when the ship is sunk
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: White Oak
State: Maryland (MD)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: Unknown
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
08/08/1968
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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