Anti-Torpedo Nets;
Narragansett Bay

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Net launching chlet; c1941 @USNavy Photo

Typical Anti Torpedo Net; c1941 @USNavy Photo

Net shackel. c1941 @USNavy Photo

Buoy connection ring; c1941 @USNavy Photo

Connecting net to buoys; c1941 @USNavy Photo

Concrete net anchor; c1941 @USNavy Photo

Start of net launching; c1941 @USNavy Photo

Off the ramp; c1941 @USNavy Photo

Net ready for towing; c1941 @USNavy Photo

Second to last buoy labled with an "E". Last buoy labled with "Temp E" My ori9ginal assumption was it marked the last buoy being towed. Looking at a close-up of the buoys being pulled into the water shows a buoy next to the first marked with "W" Since the section was being installed east/west in the Middle passage of Narragansett Bay, The marks appear to be directional for installation purposses ?

Model of Anti-Torpedo Net, c1941 @USNavy Photo

Catagory of Anti-Torpedo Nets, c1943: Standard AT nets: T-5 T-6 T-8 Eliminated the need of 2/3's of the buoys. T-10 ( T-8 net sections in 50' panels ) Light Topedo Net: LISP-2 OPNAV-1, 1946