INTRODUCTION 



Navy Oceanographic Program, Fiscal Year 1967, 

 Total, $227 million 



evidenced by the Project Deep-Freeze task force activities in 

 Antarctic waters and the contrasting environmental conditions 

 that are encountered by task forces located in tropical waters 

 off Southeast Asia. 



The contribution of the ocean-science portion of the overall 

 Naval Oceanographic Program to meet these Navy needs is 

 specifically intended to advance our understanding of the nature 

 of the world oceans and their boundaries. This program includes 

 the study of their physical, chemical, biological, and geological 

 characteristics so as to achieve an ability to describe, utilize, 

 forecast, and, if possible, modify them. These studies span 

 scientific and associated technological efforts which range from 

 research undertaken to obtain a fundamental understanding of 

 oceanic phenomena, through investigations of specific environ- 

 mental conditions which affect equipment and systems, to tests 

 of the scientific feasibility of new systems concepts. 



The Navy Ocean Science Program has a major impact on the 

 Navy and national programs in many ways, and at many stages 

 in the progression from ideas to capability. This impact is aptly 

 demonstrated by the example of a study undertaken in 1956, 

 for which a group was convened to review and make recom- 

 mendations on undersea warfare. From this group, over half of 

 which were from the Navy Ocean Science Program, came the 



