REPORT OF THE UNDERSEAS WARFARE ADVISORY PANEL 

 TO THE MILITARY APPLICATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE OF 

 THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON ATOMIC ENERGY 



Introduction 



On March 7 of this year, the Honorable Henry M. Jackson, chair- 

 man of the Military Applications Subcommittee of the Joint Commit- 

 tee on Atomic Energy, appointed an Advisory Panel on Undersea War- 

 fare, consisting of the following members: 



Dr. Harvey Brooks, dean of engineering and applied physics, Har- 

 vard University, and member. Committee on Undersea Warfare of the 

 National Research Council. 



Dr. Ivan A. Getting, vice president, engineering and research, Ray- 

 theon Manufacturing Corp., and member. Committee on Undersea 

 Warfare of the National Research Council. 



Dr. Gaylord P. Harnwell, president. University of Pennsylvania and 

 member. Committee on Undersea Warfare of the National Research 

 Council. 



Mr. Kenneth Mansfield, former chief of special projects, Joint Com- 

 mittee on Atomic Energy, and assistant to the general manager, nu- 

 clear division. Combustion Engineering, Inc. 



Dr. Oskar Morgenstern, professor of economics, Princeton Univer- 

 sity. 



Dr. Roger Revelle, director, Scripps Institution of Oceanography. 



This panel was requested by Senator Jackson to make findings and 

 recommendations to the subcommittee concerning the adequacy of 

 existing and planned programs for defending ourselves against enemy 

 nuclear submarine forces, and for exploiting the offensive potential of 

 underseas weapons systems with nuclear propulsion and nuclear 

 armaments. 



On March 17 and 18 the panel members were privileged to partici- 

 pate in 2 days of hearings held by the Military Applications Subcom- 

 mittee on this subject. 



The following witnesses from the United States Navy appeared 

 during these hearings, or were interviewed by members of the panel: 



Rear Adm. Rawson Bennett, Chief of Naval Research. 



Rear Adm. J. T. Hayward, Deputy Assistant Chief of Naval Opera- 

 tions (Research and Development) . 



Rear Adm. R. L. Johnson, director, Long Range Objectives Group, 

 Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. 



Rear Adm. W. F. Raborn, director of special projects. Bureau of 

 Ordnance. 



Rear Adm. H. G. Rickover, Assistant Chief for Nuclear Propulsion, 

 Bureau of Ships. 



