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1. It is recommended that for every additional oceangoing research ship put 

 into operation, an average investment of $1.5 million be made for essential shore 

 facilities. These costs should be divided between the Navy and the National 

 Science Foundation. 



2. It is estimated that the costs of research other than ship operation will 

 average about $1.2 million per ship per year. The committee recommends that 

 Federal funds for this purpose be divided between the Navy and the National 

 Service Foundation. 



The costs to each agency, by year, are given in table 8. Capital allocations 

 are assigned to the year preceding the placing of a new research ship into opera- 

 tion. Although table 8 shows no increase in the operating costs of shore-based 

 facilities for basic research until 1961 when the first new ships are completed, we 

 expect that plans now being made by various Federal agencies (mainly the 

 National Science Foundation and the Navy, involving budgets for basic oceano- 

 graphic research will be able to maintain the 1958 level of activity and allow for 

 some buildup of staffs. Such plans should be strongly supported by the agencies, 

 the Bureau of the Budget, and the Congress in order to avoid a serious relapse 

 of our present capabilities. 



Table 8. 



-Capital and operating costs of lasic research other than ships (over 

 and aiove present level in millions of 1958 dollars) 



Ocea/nimde surveys 



The capital and operating costs for ships involved in surveys of the world ocean 

 have been given in a previous section. However, it is estimated that substantial 

 shore facilities are required for the purpose of evaluating the data collected at 

 sea. It is estimated that capital costs for shore facilities for each new survey 

 ship will average about $0.75 million. It is further estimated that operating 

 costs for shore facilities will amount to about $0.75 million per survey ship per 

 year. 



1. The committee recommends that for every new survey ship put into opera- 

 tion an investment of about $0.75 million be made for essential shore facilities. 



2. It is recommended that an average of $0.75 million be allocated each year 

 for the operation of shore facilities for each new survey ship placed in operation. 



These costs should be divided between the Navy and the Coast and Geodetic 

 Survey. The costs to each agency, by year, are given in table 9. Capital alloca- 

 tions are assigned to the year preceding the placing of a new survey ship into 

 operation. 



3. Consideration should be given to conducting some aspects of the survey 

 program through contracts with commercial organizations and private 

 institutions. 



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