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Plot room off bridge: About 10 feet by 20 feet 



Goal post masts and booms: To carry 10 tons 



Work boat: 10 ton size such as a 38 



foot buoy boat 

 Explosive stowage: 10 tons 



Habitability: Tropics or Arctic 



Maneuverability: As good as practical. 



Typical requirement, to 



maintain a zero wire angle 

 Noise and vibration: As low as practical 



Electrical background: Keep electrical system 



simple and shielded 



The specific requirements of speed, range and space seemed to be fairly 

 modest by conventional military standards. The Bureau of Ships designers be- 

 lieved this was all the information they would want for their initial consideration. 



(2) The many small desirable features which need to be incorporated in 

 a final design were considered essential but they were considered as details 

 which should be filled in after the general hull form and size were established. 



(3) There were several very interesting major features which might be 

 very valuable but on which further work needed to be done before they could be 

 considered feasible. Typical of these were: 



(a) A center well up to 5 x 15 feet in size from the main deck to the keel; 



(b) A forward thwartships screw to give extreme maneuverability. 



(c) Perhaps the most important new feature seriously discussed was the 

 practicality and potential gain of incorporating anti-roll devices into 

 the ship. It was generally agreed that a 70 percent reduction in roll 

 would greatly increase the effectiveness of a research vessel. 



In view of the importance of the problemi a steering committee was set 

 up with a representative from each of several laboratories and Navy groups to 

 further the preliminary design of a marine research vessel. 



It therefore seems safe to say that the concept of a specially designed 

 research vessel is far along and that the preliminary preparation of such a de- 

 sign is evolving. It must be understood that none of the actions to date involve 

 procurement or even final design of such a vessel. Preliminary design, how- 

 ever, is a desirable and important step and it appears to be progressing. 



