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Oceanography — The Ten Years Ahead 



Table 3 



Navy TENOC Shipbuilding Program 



(1963 through 1972) 



( 1 ) .\ssigned lo private labs under ONR contract 



(2) Assigned to Navy labs and NavOceano 



(3) Assigned to NavOceano 



(4) Assigned to NavOceano 



Although data are collected for classified mili- 

 tary operations, a very large fraction resulting 

 from those surveys is publicly available through 

 the National Oceanographic Data Center. 

 4. INSTRUMENTATION AND FACILITIES 



Seven percent of the Navy's projected budget 

 ($60 million) is allocated to development and pro- 

 curement of oceanographic instrumentation. Fea- 

 tured in development programs will be sensing- 

 recording-processing systems for rapid and 

 accurate data acquisition and treatment. Part of 

 the Oceanographic Office instrumentation budget 

 supports the developmental effort at the Navy's 

 Oceanographic Instrumentation Center. The re- 

 maining one percent of the budget will go toward 

 the building of new facilities, both privately ojier- 

 ated and military. 



The Navy is considering three types of vehicles, 

 but no explicit funding is provided in this plan. 

 The first type, designed for cruising along the con- 

 tinental shelf and work on bottomed equipment 

 along the continental slope, is intended to dive to 

 approximately 5000 feet, and cruise at slow speeds 

 for 8-10 hours. Four of these are considered 

 required early in the decade with six more later. 



A second type is intended to operate to 15,000 - 

 20,000 feet and consequently to be able to reach 

 bottom across 90 percent of the ocean floor. It 

 should be able to cruise at slow speeds for as much 

 as a day. Two of these are to be required for re- 

 search prior to 1970 with two more thereafter. 



The third type is intended for deep trench inves- 

 tigations and should go to 36,000 feet. It will 

 probably have a limited ability to cruise at depth. 

 A total of two of these is desired, one prior to 1970. 



5. DEEP SUBMERGENCE VEHICLES 



While recognizing the sea, from surface to ocean 

 floor, is the available arena for naval warfare, 

 most activities have been carried out at or near the 

 surface. Combat submarines are being designed 

 for deeper operation, but by and large the only 

 manned vehicle for full vertical access to the ocean 

 has been the TRIESTE. However, it has only a 

 two-mile horizontal range. A far more ambitious 

 study of Navy requirements is now being under- 

 taken in relation to deep operations, including 

 salvage. 



6. TENOC 



The Navy first developed a long-range plan in 

 oceanography in 1959, referred to as TENOC 

 ("Ten Years in Oceanography"). Periodically up- 

 dated, TENOC reflects advances in both science 

 and operational requirements, with a balanced 

 program organized in ten areas of effort. These 

 areas and their relative emphasis projected over 

 the next ten years are shown in Figure 3. However, 

 of the Navy's total oceanographic budget of $1315 

 million, only $835 million, or about two-thirds, is 

 included within the National Oceanographic 



