Appendices 



APPENDIX G 



G-1- Estimated Growth of the Oceanographic' Fleets 

 of the United States and the Soviet Union 



FLEET SIZE 



Number of Vessels 

 200 



SOVIET UNION 



UNITED STATES 



1963 



1964 



1965 



1966 



1967 



PROJECTED 



1970 



TONNAGE (DISPLACED) 



Displaced Tonnage (Thousands of Tons) 

 350 



1963 



' Includes fishery reseorch vessels, as well as oceanographic ships, that 



spend significant time nnaking oceanographic collections. 

 " Excludes Coast Guard vessels except for the International Ice Patrol 



vessels. 

 NOTE: Soviet totals, unlike those for the U.S., do not include ship 



decommissionings and other losses from the fleet and therefore 

 may be slightly higher than actual. 

 Sources: Notional Oceonographic Data Center; Committee on Marine 

 Research, Education and Facilities,- Miscellaneous. 



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