Completed Cable Installation
Installation of the 870 km (540 miles) of the main, or backbone, OOI cable off the coast of Oregon was completed on September 5, 2011.
September 23, 2011
Category: Construction
Marine Mammal Observations
We find ourselves on board the TE SubCom Dependable as part of a National Marine Fisheries Service condition…
July 9, 2011
Communicating with a Fishing Vessel
We still have Force 5/6 conditions with white caps, but the vessel hardly rocks or rolls.
July 7, 2011
Cable Deployment Update
235 Km of the OOI cable have been deployed; 625 km remains to be deployed.
The TE SubCom Dependable is currently sailing thro
July 5, 2011
Off Pacific City Oregon
We finished our transit this morning around 0800h and started gearing up for the prelay grapnel run just off Haystack
July 3, 2011
July 2, 2011
Finished with First Segment
By noon we are done with the installation of our first segment!! The water depth is around 2,650m.
July 1, 2011
Deploying Repeaters
Still laying Segment 6 towards the west. The routine (for some) is interrupted by the passage of 2 repeaters through the system. These enormous a
June 30, 2011
Start of First Cable Segment
After 11 hours of transit, we are now at the location of the RSN Midplate node, at the start of our first cable segment (Segmen
June 29, 2011
Leaving Astoria
1800h: We are leaving Astoria, right on time. The weather is great – well, of course it is grey and sort of raining but this is Oregon, right? Th
June 28, 2011