ILLUSTRATIONS
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The North Sea Mine Barrage Frontispiece
Mine Assembly and Storage Sheds 22
A Mine in Mid-Air, Being Hoisted in 25
Launching a Mine Through the Stern Port 26
The Sequence of Operations After a Mine is Launched 27
A Mine Carrier Steamer 30
Mines and Mine Anchors Awaiting Assembly 35
Loading Mines into Lighters 36
Squadron Flagship San Francisco 37
The Mine Squadron at Sea 40
Arrangement of Mine Tracks, Elevators, and Turntables, in Roanoke Class of Minelayers 51
The Squadron in Minelaying Formation 59
Approaching and Laying the Fourth Mine Field 63
The Boston-New York Passenger Liner Massachusetts 101
The 20-Knot Minelayer Shawmut 102
Organization of the Mine Force 105