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THE NAVY OCEAN ENGINEERING PROGRAM 



this center become a national center for oceanographic instrumentation. 

 These instruments produce one of the essentials of oceanography: precise, 

 reliable data. 



OCEAN PRESSURE LABORATORY 



The Navy Ships Research and Development Center, Annapolis Division, 

 Annapolis, Maryland, is in the process of installing the largest and most 

 complete deep-ocean pressure testing complex in the v^orld. This ocean 

 pressure laboratory for research and engineering creates in the laboratory 

 the pressure, temperature, and salinity environment encountered in the 

 depths of the ocean. The pressure laboratory consists basically of three 

 horizontal pressure chambers. It is unique in the combination of pressure- 

 chamber sizes and high-pressure capability. The largest of the three vessels 

 involved forging parts unequaled in size and complexity. The chamber will 

 vi^eigh 750 tons, and its internal diameter will be 10 ft and overall length 



Partial List of Navy-Owned Pressure Test Facilities 



