APPENDIX B 



ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS 



FLIP 



FRV 

 FS 



HMS 

 IX 



LSM 



LT 



MSC 



MSS 



Floating Instrument 

 Platform 



Fisheries Research Vessel 



freight and supply vessel 

 (Army) 



His (Her) Majesty's Ship 



unclassified miscellaneous 

 auxiliary ship 



medium landing ship 



large tug (Army) 



Military Seahft Command 

 (formerly the Military Sea 

 Transportation Service 



medium survey ship 

 (NOS designation) 



NAVOCEANO Naval Oceanographic Office 



NOAA National Oceanic and 



Atmospheric Administration 



NOS National Ocean Survey 



(formerly the Coast and 

 Geodetic Survey) 



NRL Naval Research Laboratory 



NSF National Science Foundation 



OCEANAV Office of the Oceanographer 

 of the Navy 



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