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scientific institutions purely for the purpose of developing new tech- 

 niques Avhere the person who makes the contribution hopes to receive 

 monetary gain from it. That is not tlie case in oceanography except 

 perhaps in the fisheries end of it, and the fisheries people, from time to 

 time, have made some contributions. 



Mr. Gross. Mr. Chairman, may I ask a question if Mr. Lennon is 

 through ? 



Mr. Lennon. Yes, I yield the floor. 



Mr. Gross. What is the status of this proposed ship ? Is it on the 

 drawing boards ? Is it under construction ? 



Dr. KoBERTSON. No. At the moment, the bids are being studied. 

 It has been completely designed and bids have been obtained. 



Mr. Gross. Who designed it ? 



Dr. Robertson. The design was done by the Bethlehem Shipyard 

 at Quincy, Mass., based on preliminary design studies made by M. 

 Eosenblatt & Son and the Woods Hole staff. 



Mr. Gross. Your organization does not have the know-how to design 

 and supervise the construction of a ship ? 



Dr. Robertson. That is correct. 



Mr. Gross. What did you do? Go out and hire somebody? 



Dr. Robertson. This is being done by the institution. You will 

 recall that we made a grant to Woods Hole to build a ship of a cer- 

 tain class which they had presented to us. We require, under the 

 grant, that at certain stages they submit their plans and procedures 

 to us. We have a committee under Dr. Lyman to review these, con- 

 sisting of representatives from the Navy Bureau of Ships, the Mari- 

 time Administration, and I believe, the Fish and Wildlife Service, 

 the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries. 



We review the plan submitted by Woods Hole, but Woods Hole has 

 the responsibility for the several stages in the design and construction. 

 We approve it and we use this committee to review and approve at 

 certain check points. 



Mr. Gross. I am surprised to hear that your organization is in this 

 shipbuilding business. In fact, I am astounded to hear that you are in 

 that kind of business. 



Dr. Robertson. Of course, the oceanographic ship is a research 

 tool and one of our jobs is to see to it that the scientists have the tools 

 they need. 



Mr. Gross. What other organizations are in the shipbuilding busi- 

 ness ? Obviously, there are none exactly similar to your organization. 

 Do you know of any others in Government where this sort of thing is 

 going on ? 



Mr. Miller. Coast and Geodetic Survey and ONR. 



Dr. Lyman. Fish and Wildlife Service. 



Mr. Miller. One of the things that we have talked about was 

 making the Maritime Administration the designer of all ships of 

 scientific and other purposes in the country so that we have it centered 

 in one place. 



Mr. Gross. I would hope so. I would think this is getting out of 

 hand, Mr. Chairman. 



Mr. Miller. We will get them out. Mr. Casey, do you have any 

 questions ? 



