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The Maritime Administration agrees that — 



(1) The Maritime Administration should be consulted in de- 

 signing of all sliips paid for from public funds and used for 

 marine studies. 



(2) The Maritime Administration should be charged with the 

 supervision during construction of Government-owned oceano- 

 graphic survey ships operated by others in pure research. 



The oceanogi'apliic survey and research ships proposed in the report 

 of the National Academy of Sciences are intended to be manned by 

 civilian crews and to be built to merchant marine standards of con- 

 struction. This will reduce considerably the cost of construction and 

 operation of these ships. The Maritime Administration is well quali- 

 fied to supervise this type of ship design, construction, and operation. 



The developmental work of the Maritime Administration which de- 

 pends on other sources for fundamental knowledge about the ocean 

 is being hampered at the present time by not only the lack of knowl- 

 edge but the lack of organized procedures and mathematical systems 

 for communicating information to engineers who desire to incorpo- 

 rate fundamental knowledge into the improvement of ships. For ex- 

 ample, there is a lack of instruments and data processing devices for 

 measuring sea phenomena and for communicating data to scientific 

 persons for study and analysis. The Maritime Administration, there- 

 fore, endorses the proposition that the field of marine sciences encom- 

 passing oceanography should be improved through the training of 

 qualified persons, the investigation of the many scientific aspects of 

 the waters of the sea, the atmosphere above the sea and the earth be- 

 neath the sea. The Administration is presently supporting this ocean- 

 ographic research through its own direct efforts and in coordination 

 with the other Government agencies and will continue to support it to 

 the extent that funds are available for such fundamental research 

 purposes. 



Now, specifically, on our Liberty ship instrumentation for seakeep- 

 ing qualities, we have used $100,000 of our research and development 

 funds in conjunction with an additional $100,000 which is being sup- 

 plied by the Navy through the David Taylor Model Basin. 



In addition, we are in the process now of allocating $65,000 of our 

 funds for the development and installation of automatic seakeeping 

 instrumentation. The Navy here again will contribute a like amount 

 of $65,000. We are contributing to the Office of Naval Kesearch 

 $25,000 in fiscal 1959 and a like amount in fiscal 1960 for studies in 

 recording wave conditions. 



All of these things are of substantial interest and substantial value 

 to us and we are enthusiastic in the development of this whole subject. 



I have with me today Mr. Charles Denison, who is the Chief of our 

 Office of Eesearch and Development, and Mr. V. L. Russo, who is the 

 Deputy Chief of the Office of Ship Construction. They are better 

 qualified than I when we start getting off into the technical aspects of 

 this field. 



Mr. Miller. Would you care to have them make any statements at 

 this time touching on the general field or subject of oceanographic 

 research as it specifically affects their duties ? 



Mr. Morse. Mr. Denison. 



