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schedulod for FY 1963. Thanks to the President's message 

 (and hard wor]: by ICC staff) a 3,000 ton ocean survey ship 

 is in the FY 1962 budget for the Coast & Geodetic Survey 

 as well as a 1,200 ton and a 750 ton ship. It is illumi- 

 nating to compare the reconimended and planned new con- 

 struction in terms of survey ships to be in operation by 

 1961. 



R ecq rumevidc^d and Planned iTew Survey S hip Con struc ti on 

 (in operation by 1964) 



Agency 

 navy 



C&GS 



Reconunended 



Tonnage s 



500 

 1200 

 2000 



Planned 



1 2000 ton 



2 



2 



2_ 



7 



500 con 

 1200 ton 

 2000 ton 



Planned 



2 ships 



2 



3 



7 



*j,pproximate tonnages. 



The question of ship sizes will remain, but differing 



opinions must not be allowed to cloud the need for a few 



new ships in each size class soon. (See Section II-B on Ships) 



Getting Started 



^ibove all these considerations '/e should keep in mind 

 that a deep sea survey program can be and should be started 

 now with e::isting methods. The development of instrumen- 

 tation and speed up of obtaining data can be carried out 

 simultaneously. Improved techniques could then be intro- 

 duced in the survey program as soon as they are ready. 



