| In the first attack, they were able to destroy a Rage minelayer, the four defense satellites, and an orbital shipyard. |
| In completely blacked-out underwater conditions, two divers conducted a tactile search to locate a sunken Iraqi minelayer with her deadly load. |
| The destroyer Velasco, which could transport a total of 60 mines, was used to lay them, along with the minelayer, Júpiter, that could carry up to 264 of these mines. |
| As a minelayer exhausted its supply of mines, another minelayer in that column would drop back to the last position to continue the minelaying sequence. |
| The first ships hit were the cruisers USS Helena and USS Raleigh, the battleships USS Oklahoma and USS Utah, and the minelayer USS Olgala. |
| The anchor box had wheels allowing the mine assembly to be moved along a system of rails aboard the minelayer. |
