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Plates of structural and machinery materials be- 

 ing mounted on a rack. The rack with plates was 

 submerged in the Tongue of the Ocean (TOTO) off 

 the Miami, Florida coast TOTO offers mooring 

 depths to 6000 ft. The material plates wiU remain 

 submerged and exposed to the undersea environ- 

 ment for five years (in some instances longer) and 

 then recovered and tested to determine degradation. 



The test center was established to carry out the following functions: 



• Perform operational evaluations of advanced undersea weapon sys- 

 tems and components. 



• Measure submerged submarine tactical characteristics. 



• Measure submarine noise and target strength. 



• Calibrate large, low frequency sonar transducers and test sonobuoys. 



• Evaluate attack effectiveness of submarines, surface ships, and air- 

 craft in competitive type exercises. 



The test center can also provide the Navy with an Atlantic test range 

 capability for oceanographic instrumentation and ocean engineering de- 

 velopments. 



