摘要 |
1. A towed decoy system adapted to be towed from a towing vessel, an electrically powered noisemaker, an electrical tow cable attached to said noisemaker, a depressor vane, a depresser cable connected to said depressor vane and to the towing vessel, and means interconnecting said depressor cable and said electrical tow cable at a point near said depressor vane, said interconnecting means comprising a pair of cable grips respectively attached at one end to adjacent sections of said electrical tow cable and at their other ends to a snatch block movably mounted on said depressor cable thereby providing slack in said electrical tow cable, whereby said noisemaker is towed at a depth not less than that of the point of attachment of said snatch block to said depressor cable.
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