44 ADVANCEMENT OF MARINE SCIENCES 



The Committee's estimate of ship construction costs was based on 

 a total of 70 new ships, of which 16 would be research ships for pros- 

 pective institutional use, 14 research ships for fisheries studies, 20 

 survey ships, and 20 ships for military research and development. 

 The latter 20 ships were not included in S. 2692, 86th Congress. 



S. 901, however, includes six ships for acoustics and applied research 

 as a result of testimony on the need for such ships by institutions and 

 laboratories engaged in deep sea research with possible military appli- 

 cations, primarily acoustics studies, and in accordance also with a 

 recommendation made in the Department of the Nav3^'s new TENOC 

 (Ten Years of Oceanography) program. 

 S. 901 authorizes a total of 61 ships, as follows: 



Navy: 



For institutional use in basic research 15 



For hydrographic surveys 8 



For acoustics and applied research 6 



Bureau of Commercial Fisheries : For fisheries research 14 



Coast and Geodetic Survey : For surveys and research 10 



National Science Foundation : For institutional use 4 



Maritime Administration 4 



Ships designed by the Maritime Commission would be available to 

 institutions, and institutions also would have part-time use of several 

 if not all of the Navy's acoustics and applied research ships authorized 

 inS. 901. 



Ship construction costs have risen since 1959. Ships estimated to 

 cost $3.8 million in 1959 are now estimated to cost $4.2 million, an 

 increase of approximately 13 percent. Although the number of ships 

 authorized in S. 901 is fewer by 9 than the number recommended by 

 the Committee on Oceanography in its report, it is estimated that 

 costs today will approach that estimated b}^ the Committee for its 

 recommended program of 70 ships. 



Authorizations for education and training in S. 901 have been in- 

 creased from $8 million to $9.6 million, and for construction of shore 

 facilities through grants by the National Science Foundation from 

 $8.25 million to $16.75 million. Both of these increases are in accord- 

 ance with recommendations of the Committee on Oceanography and 

 witnesses testifying at hearings on S. 901. 



Inclusion of the U.S. Coast Guard in the national oceanographic 

 program, a major innovation in S. 901, would require over a 10-year 

 period an estimated expenditure of slightly less than $10 million for 

 oceanographic instruments and equipment for marine research on 

 Coast Guard station vessels, and a similar amount for other ships 

 operated by the service, towers, and buoys. 



S. 901, therefore, woidd authorize sums expected to total $700 

 million for the entire program, an average cost when these sums are 

 appropriated of $70 million a year. This is approximately 5 percent of 

 present requirements for the national program to explore outer space 



ANALYSIS OF S. 901 BY SECTIONS 



(Page and line designations below apply to the bill as reported to the Senate) 



The title of the act, "Marine Sciences and Research Act of 1961, 

 is given in section 1. 



