6 THE NAVY OCEAN ENGINEERING PROGRAM 



The Assistant Oceanographer for Ocean Science is responsible for a 

 broad scientific and technical program through support of academic and 

 institutional scientists and engineers throughout the country and within 

 Navy laboratories. This program provides the base of knowledge about 

 the ocean environment upon which naval systems are developed and per- 

 fected. The program itself is composed of a number of identifiable efforts 

 designed to meet the Navy's needs for knowledge and understanding in 

 such areas as ocean dynamics, air-sea interaction, chemistry of the ocean, 

 benthic boundary studies, sea floor topography and sediment studies, 

 crustal and subcrustal studies, oceanic biology, underwater sound, and 

 scientific platforms and instrumentation. A report on the ocean-science 

 program was issued in June 1967.* 



The Assistant Oceanographer for Ocean Engineering and Development 

 is responsible for the development of major programs in undersea search, 

 rescue, salvage, and construction and in environmental prediction and 

 oceanographic survey. The Deep-Submergence Program is designed to give 

 the Navy the capability to operate at any depth, location, and time within 

 the ocean. Within this program the Deep Submergence Systems Project 

 manages a major effort to advance the Navy's underwater search, rescue, 

 and salvage capabiHty. A major new Navy initiative in fiscal year 1968 is 

 the Deep Ocean Technology Program. This program is to provide the 

 Navy with a technological base from which options for improving present 

 undersea warfare systems and developing future ones can be selected. In 

 addition to these formal programs, a wide range of development programs 

 are carried out by Navy laboratories and contractors in support of basic 

 ocean engineering missions. 



The Assistant Oceanographer for Operations is responsible for that part 

 of the program consisting primarily of oceanographic and hydrographic 

 operational surveys and services in all ocean areas. These survey and 

 service operations are carried out to provide environmental data, charts, 

 and oceanographic publications necessary to support key naval operations 

 such as southeast Asia, antisubmarine warfare, strategic deterrence, mine 

 warfare, and amphibious warfare. They also satisfy requirements to pro- 

 vide environmental data, charts, and oceanographic pubUcations for the 

 Navy and the merchant marine. 



•^''The Ocean Science Program of the U. S. Navy- Accomplishments and Prospects," 

 Office of the Oceanographer of the Navy, Alexandria, Virginia, June 1967. 



