The Polynya in Potaka Inlet, Teuthis location, Mystic mooring spot, and cable run to Smith Peak.
The Polynya in Potaka Inlet, location, mooring spot, and cable run to Smith Peak.CHAPTER ELEVEN
CHAPTER ELEVENCHAPTER ELEVENPotaka Inlet
Potaka InletUSS TEUTHIS—POTAKA INLET
USS TEUTHIS—POTAKA INLETUSS TEUTHIS—Our SOSUS array signal had to travel from Smith Peak through fourteen LOS relays to Palmer Station. These relays were seventy to eighty miles apart, depending on their height. Navy Seabees had spent the last several months installing and aligning all but the Smith Peak relay. We would install and align that one, and we would need the assistance of a chopper to get the cable to the peak.
The Navy had previously shipped a Hughes OH-6 Cayuse (Little Bird) from Mount Pleasant Airport i
