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THE NAVY OCEAN SCIENCE PROGRAM 



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TOTAL NAVY OCEAN SCIENCE PROGRAM 

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CONTRACT RESEARCH PROGRAM 



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FISCAL YEAR 



Funding history of Navy Ocean Science Program 



U.S. participation in the International Geophysical Year (1957- 

 1958), of which the oceanographic program was a significant 

 part. Another factor was the recognized need by the Navy for 

 greater knowledge of the ocean with the advent of the nuclear 

 submarine and the attendant undersea warfare problems. The 

 search for the THRESHER and, more recently, the recovery of 

 the unarmed nuclear weapon off Spain have further emphasized 

 the need for greater understanding of the ocean environment 

 to meet the operational needs of the Navy. 



The first Navy long-range planning document for oceanog- 

 raphy, the Ten Year Program in Oceanography (TENOC), was 

 endorsed by the Chief of Naval Operations on Jan. 1, 1959. 

 By this action, it became firm Navy policy to promote and 

 support a strong oceanography program. Almost concurrently 

 with the internal TENOC document, the National Academy of 



