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(11) In most cases the annual costs of operating vessels for basic research by 

 non-Government laboratories should be paid for separately from the other 

 expenses of research, for example, through a long-term facilities contract distinct 

 from any research contracts. 



(12) The costs of ship operations paid by the Federal Government should be 

 subdivided as follows : the Navy should pay for 50 percent of the operational 

 costs of ships used for basic research, all of the operational costs of ships used 

 in military research and development, and 50 percent of the operational costs of 

 ships used for oceanic surveys. 



The Coast and Geodetic Survey should pay for 50 percent of the operational 

 costs of ships used for surveys. The Bureau of Commercial Fisheries should 

 pay for the operations of sjiips used for resources and fisheries studies. The 

 National Science Foundation should pay for 50 percent of the operational costs 

 of ships used for basic research. 



(13) Estimated costs of ship operations, both by function and by agency, are 

 given in tables 6 and 7. 



TEN- Year Plan fob Increasing the U.S. Fleet of Oceanogbaphic Ships 

 Table 1. — Function of ships 



Research 



Military 

 R. and D. 



Survey 



Resources 

 and fish- 

 eries 



Total 



Present fleet 



To be replaced 



Still operational in 1970 



Additional new construction 

 Total construction 



Total fleet in 1970 



29 



45 

 30 

 15 

 40 

 70 



85 



Table 2. — Recommended size distribution of new ships 



Table 3. — Recommended sponsors of new ships 



