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the 1400 ton ITSF ship has not received much attention. 

 The operating costs of this and other L7SF ships should 

 be part of the long range programs of the nSF and the 

 ITavy. As the Conunittee originally recommended, at 

 least part of the operating costs of the larger ships 

 should be provided by facilities contracts and insti- 

 tutional grants or they will tend to be diverted for 

 use on applied problems. 



Ship Size s 



THiQ size ranges outlined in our original report 

 should not be interpreted too literally. In all cases 

 we v/ere referring to approximate displacement loaded 

 tonnages. 



There is little enthusiasm within either the Hydro- 

 graphic Office or the Coast & Geodetic Survey for ships 

 of the 500 ton class for ocean-v>7ide surveys. Preliminary 

 design studies for survey ships by these two organizations 

 have been directed mainly . tov,7ard larger and more expensive 

 ships. 



During the past two years both the Davy and the 

 national Science Foundation have supported the design and 

 construction of ships in the 1200-1500 ton class. One 

 600 ton 140 foot catamaran is being designed for the 

 University of Iliami Marine Laboratory under IISF sponsorship, 

 and another catamaran design is well along at Johns 

 Hopkins. Recently FY 1962 support for a 3000 ton G&GS 

 survey ship v/as included in the President's message on 

 oceanography to the Congress. The Committee is on record 

 as strongly endorsing the design and construction of this 

 ship. We also recommended in our letter of endorsement 

 that: 



"Concurrently with the design of a 3000 ton 

 open ocean survey ship, a systems study of 

 the entire ocean survey problem should be 

 carried out by contract v/ith a competent 

 industrial group. Survey ships of this size 

 must utilize the best of modern instrumenation 

 and technology to assure their favorable com- 

 petition both operationally and economically 

 with smaller ships," 



