ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



This book is written primarily for the general public and for those who may become the 

 future marine scientists, naval architects, marine engineers and ship operators. Hopefully it will 

 excite their imagination and also instill an appreciation for the efforts of those who have preceded 

 them. It is also my intention to provide a record of those men and ships which expanded the 

 frontiers of oceanography and to remind us of both past accomplishments and future aspirations. 



For their invaluable assistance and cooperation during the preparation of this book I am 

 especially indebted to Captain James E. Ayres, USN, of the Office of the Oceanographer of the 

 Navy; Captain Francis L. Slattery, USN, Commander of the Naval Oceanographic Office; Mr. 

 Aubrey W. Bailey of the Naval Ship Systems Command; Mr. Frank Guaragna of the Naval 

 Oceanographic Office; Lieutenant J. Michael Kirchberg, Jr., USN, of the Office of the 

 Oceanographer of the Navy; and Mr. Maxwell Silverman of Scripps institution of Oceanography. 



For their great trouble in helping me to locate long-buried photographs, drawings, 

 biographies, and ship histories I gratefully acknowledge Mr. Frank Bean of the University of 

 Washington; Mr. Howard I. Chapelle of the Smithsonian Institution; Dr. John Dermody of the 

 University of Washington; Mr. Jack Dullaghan of Scripps Institution of Oceanography; Mr. Richard 

 Edwards of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; Mr. William Geoghegan of the Smithsonian 

 Institution; Mr. James Gibbons of the University of Miami; Mr. Charles Haberlain of the Office of 

 the Chief of Naval Operations, Naval History Division; Miss Mary Johrde of the National Science 

 Foundation; Mr. Lawrence Liebrecht of the Naval Oceanographic Office; Mr. Jonathan Lieby of 

 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; Mr. John Leavitt of the Marine Historical Association, 

 Mystic Seaport; Mr. John Lochhead of The Mariners Museum; Mr. Larry Manning of the Military 

 Scalift Command; Mr. James Pollack of Scripps Institution of Oceanography; Mr. John Rowe of 

 the publication SHIPS AND AIRCRAFT, U. S. FLEET; Mr. Edward Schaefers of the Department 

 of Commerce, National Marine Fisheries Service; Mr. PhiUip C. F. Smith of the Peabody Museum; 

 Mr. Dale Tidrick of the Naval Oceanographic Office; Mr. Peter Trapani of Scripps Institution of 

 Oceanography; Mr. James Walczak of the Naval Oceanographic Office; Mr. Paul Watson of OUR 

 NAVY magazine; and Messrs. William West and Raymond Wilcove of the Department of 

 Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Lastly, but not least, to my wife 

 and children for their patience and always ready helping hands. 



STEWART B. NELSON 



Director of Facilities Acquisition 



Office of the Oceanographer of the Navy 



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