NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAM LEGISLATION 575 



We faced a considerable number of problems including vibration, 

 crowded space, and other features of the van that need improvement. 



Dr. Hoffmann also made some bacterial cultures which may be of 

 great interest in the future. 



The salinometer, temperature conductivity recordings from main 

 injection probes were rmi with excellent results. We had a little 

 trouble with some of the equipment, but Mr. Camaghe was able to 

 correct them. In one case, a temperature probe in the main injec- 

 tion line carried away. We are not sure whether it was caused by 

 something hitting it or whether vibration caused its failure. 



There is a very interesting development in the new BT recording 

 equijDment provided by the General Motors Corp. It is a digital 

 taper m the expendable BT system which records the data on tape 

 as well as on a chart record. This tape can then be placed on a high 

 speed ratt (Eadio Teletype) circuit for rapid transmission ashore. 

 Actually we did transpose some material from our data and sent 

 it by radio to the Navy numerical weather facility in Rota, Spain. 

 When we got to Rota and checked with the people at the Numerical 

 Weather Central, it was amusing to find that they wanted to know 

 how this data ever came from a merchantman. I think, in this there 

 is a tremendous promise for rapid data acquisition and transmission 

 for AS'\'\^PS or Oceanographic Projects of the future. 



One other item of interest before I refer to the charts, is that 

 while we were at Cadiz, Spain, our group visited Rear Admiral 

 Balen who is Chief of the Spanish Hydrographic Office. He was 

 extremely interested in our project. He came out to the Export 

 Chamjnon and spent 4 hours with us on board ship. We discussed 

 not only our project but also some of the work that he is doing 

 in the establishment of an Oceanography program in Spain. It is 

 my intention to contact the Navy Oceanographer and the University 

 of Washington to see if we can give some help to Admiral Balen and 

 the S]3anish Navy in this very important work that they are doing. 



If I may now, I would like to refer to these charts for just a 

 moment. 



Mr. Rogers. Yes. 



Mr. Stephan. These were done rather rapidly. I will try to read 

 them because I recognize that you cannot see them too well. 



The objective of Project Neptune Atlantic: To test the feasibility 

 of the research ship-of -opportunity concept wherein an instrumented 

 van or module is placed onboard a U.S. merchantman to take ocean- 

 ograpliic and biological data, including the processmg of living orga- 

 nisms at sea, during the ships regular cruise; without interfering 

 with the ship's operations, schedule, or normal routine. 



We did carry out tliis objective. 



The data we took on the cruise included: Type of run that we 

 made, either a BT run or a jetnet sampling; the ship's position 

 from the ship's actual track. I must agree with Captain Bauer that 

 this leaves a lot to be desired in accuracy, but I do think at least 

 that it is sufficiently accurate to within maybe 3 to 4 miles. 



The time and the identification of each BT record, which are now 

 being reproduced at General Motors and at Francis Associates. 



We checked surface temperature using a bucket thermometer. We 

 took the temperature at the main condenser injection which is about 



