78 OCEANOGRAPHY IN THE UNITED STATES 



The hydrodynamics committee has a panel on seakeeping which is a 

 short term for oceanogi^aphy, short in the sense that it is oceanography 

 as applied to ships. 



The industry supports that through voluntary contributions. 



Mr. Drewry. Do you feel that it is adequate ? 



Mr. Russo. I would say that for a long time it has been practically 

 the only thing that we have done in the merchant marine field. 



Mr. Drewry. I asked Admiral Richmond this question, Mr. Morse, 

 in regard to the Coast Guard Academy at New London. Do you 

 know whether oceanography or any aspect of it is given as a required 

 or elective course at Kings Point ? 



Mr. Morse. No, it is not. 



Mr. Drewry. You have a trainee program. Is that used in a 

 manner in which a contribution either is or can be made in this field ? 



Mr. Morse. I think so. Mr. Russo can answer that. 



Mr. Drewry. Would you explain a little about the program ? 



Mr. Russo. In the trainee program we have attempted to recruit 

 college graduates preferably in naval engineering or architecture or 

 allied fields and encourage them to develop a higher teclmical level 

 of education in subjects which deal with the advanced phases of 

 hydrodynamics oceanography in terms of ships. We call it seakeep- 

 ing. 



We channel some our trainees toward these particular courses and 

 they specialize and get higher academic training in those subjects 

 which would be valuable to us in the furtherance of the research pro- 

 grams we develop. 



Mr. Drewry. How long have jou had the training program ? 



Mr. Russo. The training program has been since the inception of 

 the Maritime and is included in the 1936 act. It followed the vicis- 

 situdes of the World War. We resumed it again after the war. If 

 you take an approximation it would be about 1950 or 1951 or 1952. 

 I do not have the exact date. 



We already have a graduate of the University of California. We 

 have now a student at the University of California, one at Stevens 

 Institute of Technology. Stevens Institute students are particularly 

 specializing in seakeeping. 



Mr. Drewry. I have just one more question, Mr. Chairman. 



As I read and understand your statement, Mr. Morse, there are two 

 respects in wliich you feel that Maritime is very heavily involved in 

 whatever program regarding oceanography might develop. 



One is in the field of applied research and I suppose, of basic re- 

 search, both in connection with subjects such as seakeeping and these 

 matters of instrumentation and so on, and the other is in relation 

 to the overall aspect in the design and construction of whatever 

 oceanographic vessels there may be whether operated by one agency 

 or another. 



Am I correct in that ? 



Mr. Morse. In both fields, yes, sir. 



Mr. Drewry. You state that the Maritime Administration is well 

 qualified to supervise this type of ship design construction and oper- 

 ation. I assume that the point on your qualifications is based on 

 the fact that the vessels, according to the Academy of Sciences re- 

 port, are to be manned by civilian crews and to be built according to 

 merchant standards. But in addition, have you had experience with 



