Typical Torpedo Net Laying procedure using 2 Net Tenders (AN's), 1 Net Cargo Ship (AKN) and 1 small Landing Craft (LCM) might be as follows: See pictures in (Figures 30-31-32-33-34)

One Net Tender laid the net, flotation buoys and end buoys. The second Net Tender laid the moorings for anchoring the net.

A Net section consisted of 3 or 6 panels of net.

Two panels of net were laid out on the large deck of the Net Cargo ship. These were connected together and the flotation buoys attached. They were then launched over the side by use of a 10 ton boom. About 40 feet of the 2nd panel was stopped off on deck. This was done so that the 3rd panel, which was now laid out on deck, could be connected to it. When these were connected and the flotation buoys attached to the 3rd panel, the same procedure as before was then repeated. This was done until the section was completed.

MK2 end mooring buoy was placed on the net at the end of each panel.

Two sections were assembled at a time, one on the starboard and one on the port side of the Net Cargo ship.

After being launched from the Net Cargo ship, the net sections, flotation buoys and end MK2 mooring buoys were towed to the net line by an LCM landing craft. There the Net Tenders waited to install it.

Just before the LCM arrived with the net assembly the first Net Tender picked up the MK2 end mooring buoy on the end of the section last installed. When the LCM reached the net line where the Net Tender was waiting, he passed the net to the Net Tender, who overlapped it under the MK2 buoy it had picked up. The Net Tender then followed normal installation procedures.