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University of Miami, Oregon State College, and the University of 

 Washington, an increase of one ship in this category over the previous 

 TENOC recommendation. 



In this connection it may be noted that at present the University 

 of Miami is conducting research in the Gulf of Mexico and the 

 Caribbean Sea in a boat 75 feet long and displacing 135 tons. 



Lamont Geological University is studying the North Atlantic and 

 the South Pacific, the latter off the coast of South America, in a 

 38-year-old craft displacing 533 tons. 



Texas A. & M. College is studying the Gulf of Mexico, West 

 Caribbean, and Campeche Bank area in a 136-foot, 332-ton ship built 

 in 1944. 



The University of Washington, Dr. Wayne V, Burt of Oregon State 

 College commented in a letter to the committee — 



has done a heroic job trying to survey an important ocean 

 area several times the size of the United States, with a small, 

 wooden, 300-ton, 26-year-old converted Government vessel. 



Page 40, line 13, strike the words "research ships". This amend- 

 ment is required by the previous amendment which included the 

 words "basic research" in connction with the same authorization. 



Page 40, line 14, strike the word "four" and insert the words 

 "two ships for basic research". This amendment is applicable to 

 construction of ships of 2,000 to 3,000 tons displacement, and is 

 made to conform to recommendations of the revised TENOC report. 



Page 40, line 15, following the word "displacement" strike the 

 words "research ships", which have been made redundant by the 

 previous amendment. Also following the word "one" strike the 

 word "research". 



Page 40, line 16, following the word "ship", insert the words "for 

 basic research". This is a perfecting amendment applicable to 

 authorization of funds for construction of a ship displacing 300 tons. 



Page 40, line 17, following the semicolon, insert the words "six 

 ships for acoustics or applied research of one thousand two hundred to 

 one thousand five hundred tons displacement". This is a major 

 amendment by the committee to meet a need expressed in testimony 

 at hearings on S. 901, and also to conform to recommendations in the 

 revised TENOC report. 



Acoustics and applied research is conducted by the Navy through 

 contracts with institutions as well as at the Navy's own laboratories. 

 The Navy recommends construction, over a 10-year period, of two 

 such ships for east coast laboratories, two for west coast laboratories, 

 and two for undesignated assignment. 



Page 40, line 19, following the word "displacement" and the semi- 

 colon strike the word "tkree" and insert the word "four" and following 

 the words "survey ships of" strike the words "two thousand to three 

 thousand tons displacement; five survey ships of one thousand two 

 hundred to one thousand five hundred tons displacement; two survey 

 ships of approximately five hundred tons displacement" and insert the 

 words "one thousand two hundred to one thousand five hundred tons 

 displacement, and four survey ships of two thousand or more tons 

 ■displacement;". The purpose of this amendment is to increase from 

 three to foiu" the number of larger survey ships authorized in S. 901 

 for construction by the Navy Department with funds authorized 



