6 MARINE SCIENCES AND RESEARCH ACT 
Institutions with which the Navy has contracted for such research 
include: 
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. 
Scripps Institution of Oceanography. 
University of Miami. 
University of Washington. 
Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College. 
Lamont Geological Observatory of Columbia University. 
Hudson Laboratory of Columbia University. 
Chesapeake Bay Institute. 
Narragansett Marine Laboratory. 
Oregon State College. 
New York University. 
The Navy report, designated Project TENOC (10 years in oceanog- 
raphy), was issued on January 1, 1959, with the endorsement of 
Adm. Arleigh Burke, Chief of Naval Operations. The report noted 
that the total budget for marine research financed by the Navy in 
institutions during fiscal year 1959 was $7,600,000, and projected a 
eraduated increase in funds for research ships, laboratories, and 
scientific personnel for these institutions over the subsequent 10 years. 
Eighteen new ships were recommended, of which 4 would be 
large 2,000- to 3,000-ton vessels, 10 of approximately 1,200 to 1,400 
tons, and the others small coastal boats. Delivery of one ship was 
sought in 1960, four in 1961, and four in 1962. One of the smallest 
ships recommended, an 80-foot boat, is now being built for Oregon 
State College. Contract was let last week for the first 1,350-ton ship 
which will require 18 to 24 months to complete. 
Ten new laboratory buildings and two new piers also were proposed 
in the report. Construction has not begun on any of these although 
Navy scientists consider additional laboratory space one of the most 
pressing needs. 
With reference to the ship construction program the report states: 
This program is considered to be necessary to provide 
research needed to develop the ASW (antisubmarine war- 
fare) capability required to combat the submarine menace. 
The program is expensive, but when it is considered that 
there has been no effort to improve research ships in this 
country for the last 15 years, and that we are proposing a 
10-year building program, it becomes obvious that we have 
25 years of shipbuilding to accomplish in 10 years. 
In a further paragraph indicating the magnitude of the task ahead, 
the report states: 
Since the oceans are the Navy’s primary domain and since 
the Navy must move ships about, on, and in the oceans, and 
aircraft in the air above the oceans; it goes without saying 
that a complete understanding of the environment, includ- 
ing the ocean surface, the ocean bottom and the atmosphere 
above, must be obtained if the Navy is to compete success- 
fully in a modern war. By understanding the environment 
we mean that the current systems in the ocean must be known 
from the surface to the bottom, the bottom topography must 
be known in detail, the temperature structure from day to 
day must be predicted, gravity and magnetic conditions 
must be known, sea and swell forecasting must be efficient, 
