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USNS Zeus
USNS ''Zeus'' (T-ARC-7) is the first cable ship specifically built for the United States Navy.NAVSO P-3002, p. III-37. Though planned to be the first of two ships of her class, the second ship was not built, leaving ''Zeus'' as the only ship of her class. She is capable of laying of cable at depths of up to . Function and Equipment One of twenty-six ships in the Military Sealift Command's Special Mission Ships Program,"MSC Ship Inventory: USNS Zeus" Military Sealift Command. Accessed 2010-05-16. ''Zeus''s primary mission was to support the Sound Surveillance System (SOSUS) that was renamed a year after the ship's commissioning as the Integrated Undersea Surveillance System (IUSS) in 1985. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cable Ship
A cable layer or cable ship is a deep-sea vessel designed and used to lay underwater cables for telecommunications, for electric power transmission, military, or other purposes. Cable ships are distinguished by large cable sheaves for guiding cable over bow or stern or both. Bow sheaves, some very large, were characteristic of all cable ships in the past, but newer ships are tending toward having stern sheaves only, as seen in the photo of CS ''Cable Innovator'' at the Port of Astoria on this page. The names of cable ships are often preceded by "C.S." as in CS ''Long Lines''. The first transatlantic telegraph cable was laid by cable layers in 1857 to 1858. It briefly enabled telecommunication between Europe and North America before misuse resulted in failure of the line. In 1866 the successfully laid two transatlantic cables, securing future communication between the continents. Modern cable ships Cable ships have unique requirements related to having long idle periods ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
