CONTENTS 



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FOREWORD iii 



PREFACE V 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xi 



INTRODUCTION xvii 



Chapter I. THE EARLY YEARS 3 



II THE 1800s 9 



III. TO PEARL HARBOR 85 



IV. THE WAR YEARS Ill 



V. THE POSTWAR YEARS (1946-1956) 131 



VI. THE YEARS OF IMPETUS (1957-1959) 154 



Vll. THE NEW EMERGENCE (1960-1967) 161 



Vlll. A VIEW TOWARD THE FUTURE 214 



APPENDIX A CURRENT INVENTORY OF MAJOR U. S. 



OCEANOGRAPHIC SHIPS 221 



APPENDIX B ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS 227 



APPENDIX C REFERENCES 229 



INDEX 232 



