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research are listed n^^ar the end of the ten year period. Wa recommend that 

 schedules should be reversed to achieve a better balance during the next few years 

 between ships for basic research and ships for applied research and surveys. 



Surveys — vVe understand that the small surveys item which appears in the 

 Nav>' budget in FY 1261 ai-icl iSo2 is in support of the Indian Ocean Expedition. Only 

 a minor portion of this work can be considered as contributing to the ocean-v/ide 

 survey program. The studies being carried out during tlie Expedition by ships of the 

 oceanographic laboratories are more properly identified as research. We are 

 diacouraged to note that even if this item could be regarded as surveys it is very 

 small in amount and actually decreases from FY 1961 to 1962. 



Facilities - - Inadenuate, overcrov/ded shore facilities are seriously hampering 

 the effective develcpme;it of the national ocoanograph'c program, A fiscal program 

 for the Navy's share cf a laboratorj' building prograni 's entirely absent in the three 

 years under review in the ICC report, and throughout the entire ten year TENOC 

 program ! FY 1CS3 funding should include a substantial Navy facilities contribution 

 to help correct the critical shortage of space at most marine laboratories. 



Other Subjects — In the area of basic research the Navy has primarily 

 supported pjiysical oceanography as the subordinate discipline most pertinent.to 

 Naval needs. One of the key problems in this field is th'^ study of the circulation of 

 the oceans, yet onlj- a handful of inarine scientists aie now engaged in this study. 

 This number aceds to be incx^eased.- 



If the expected gains of the TENOC plan are to be really useful to the fleet, 

 more officers and Navy civilians will be needed with sound scientific backgrounds. 

 The numbers of such individuals should be increased and the quality kept high. 



Vv"e have not yet had adequate time to study in detail the latest version of 

 the Navy's Ten Year Oceano'^-aphic Plan (TENOC-lCSi), but we are impressed 

 with the evident care and detail that has gone into its preparation. 



Summary — Because the Navy is responsible for the major share of the 

 national effort in oceanography, we believe that it shoi'ld maintain a balance between 

 fundamental research and applied research and surveyo. This will require: 



a) increasing the proportion of new ships constructed for basic research 



b) providing shore facilities for basic research, and 



c) increasing funds for the support of basic research. More good research 

 scientists ai-e constantly becoming available and operating costs are 

 increasing. 



