NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAM LEGISLATION 573 



American Export-Isbrancltsen Lines departing Hoboken, N. J., on July 

 9, for Spanish and Italian ports. 



We contracted to load our van on July 8 and run the project until 

 arrival in Genoa on July 20. I may add that during this time, the 

 assistance of Adm. Roy Gano of the Moore-Mc(yormack Lines and 

 Capt. G. R. Miller of the American Export-Isbrandtsen Lines were 

 invaluable to us. 



The preparation, equipping and fitting out pei'iod was hectic. We 

 had to ship the van from Boca Raton, Fla., to Iiol)oken, X.J., on a 

 low bed trailer because the van towing bridle and tires v\'ere inade- 

 quate for the 1,300 mile trip. Actually the van was never intended 

 to be towed except for short distances and it could not be. The van w^as 

 equipped, all gear stowed, tied down and the van loaded at Florida 

 Atlantic University on July 2. It readied Hobokeu, N.J., on July 6. 



The van was loaded on board the SS Export Champ/on on July 9 

 at pier A, Hoboken. After some temporary difficulties matching the 

 electrical power of the van to that of the ship, we tested all the equip- 

 ment and sailed that evening for Rota, Spain. 



The cruise, unlike the Pacific phase, had no underway shakedown 

 period. All our equipment had to work as there were no service sta- 

 tions or outside assistance available during the longest leg of the 

 cruise, the first leg. Everything did work and for this I must cite the 

 excellent help we received from the Navy Oceanographic Office in 

 installing its equipment and training us in its use the night before we 

 sailed ; the technical assistance of Francis Associates of Marion, Mass., 

 whose Mr. Gate and Valm helped us tremendously during the installa- 

 tion phase, the help and advice of Mr. Bercaw of the General Motors 

 Defense Research Laboratory of General Motors, from Santa Barbara, 

 Calif. ; and most of all, Mr. Frank Carnaghe, senior electronics tech- 

 nician of General Motors Defense Research Laboratory who accom- 

 panied us and kept all equipment going well through the cruise, in- 

 chiding that of the Oceanographic Office and the equipment of his 

 competitor, Sippican Corp. Actually, the Sippican equij)ment never 

 went out but Mr. Carnaghe helped us maintain it in a spirit of co- 

 operation that warrants note. 



The cruise had its ups and down as I will explain in detail in a mo- 

 ment. The engineering and deck departm_ents of the SS Export 

 Champion helped us out with repairs and rerigging whenever we 

 needed it. At Rota, Spain; the U.S. Navy, specifically men from the 

 IT.S.S. Holland^ practically rebuilt a jetnet that was damaged during 

 the tests. They did this in less than a day. Throughoutthe cruise, 

 cooperation was the order of the day and never an exception. 



We visited Rota, Cadiz and Cartagena, Spain; plus Naples and 

 Genoa, Italy, where the scientific party disembarked and returned to 

 the United States by air. The van was sealed and offloaded at 

 Hoboken last Thursday, It is now on its way to Boca Raton, Fla. 



We accomplished all tests scheduled. I would now like to tell 

 you in more detail what went on. 



The scientific party consisted off : Dr. Harrison Hoffmann, associate 

 professor of microbiology, Florida Atlantic University; Mr. Frank 

 Carnaghe, senior electronic technician, General Motors Defense Re- 

 search Laboratory, Santa Barbara; Mr. A. F. Kellum, student as- 

 sistant to Dr. Hoffmann; and myself as scientific officer and project 

 leader. 



