Method of packaging and deploying marine vibrator

A marine vibrator, comprising:

• a free-flooding, load-bearing frame, wherein the free-flooding, load-bearing frame is suspended from a surface float and comprises:
• a low frequency electro-acoustic projector;
• a power electronics system;
• a control-monitoring electronics system;
• and
• a pressure compensation system,
• wherein said marine vibrator is negatively buoyant and wherein a submergence depth of the marine vibrator is primarily controlled using one or more winches positioned in the surface float that suspend the marine vibrator from the surface float by one or more load-bearing cable assemblies connected to the marine vibrator, wherein a tow point is located on one or more of a forward end of the surface float with respect to the direction in which the marine vibrator is towed and from a forward end of the free-flooding, load-bearing frame with respect to the direction in which the marine vibrator is towed, wherein a plurality of the marine vibrators is arranged in a line array, and wherein the submergence depth of the marine vibrator is controlled separately from the submergence depth of at least one other marine vibrator in the line array.