THE NAVY OCEAN SCIENCE PROGRAM 



SUBMARl^fE 



Submariners Handbook 

 Submarine Guides 

 Sonar Atlases 

 Ice Forecasts 



SEARCH, RESCUE 

 and SALVAGE 



Special Area Studies 

 Sound Velocity Studies 

 Bottom Contour Charts 

 Wave and Ice Forecasts 

 Oceanographic Atlases 



ASW 



ASWEPS 

 Sonar Atlases 

 Special Area Studies 

 Submariners Handbook 



MINE WARFARE 



Mine Warfare Pilot 



HODS 



Coastal Studies 



VAMP Publications 



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SURVEILLANCE 



Special Area Studies 

 Sound Velocity Studies 

 Bottom Contour Charts 

 Wave and Ice Forecasts 

 Oceanographic Atlases 



POLAR 



Ice Forecasts 



Ice Atlases 



Long Range Ice Outlook 



Ice Charts 



Ice Manuals and Reports 



GENERAL FLEET 



Combat Charts 

 Nautical Charts 

 Sailing Directions 

 Optimum Ship Routing 

 Pilot Charts 

 Oceanographic Atlases 



AMPHIBIOUS 



AOS Studies 

 Combat Charts 

 NIS Coastal Studies 

 Wave Forecasts 



Environmental factors related to oceanography and 

 associated with Navy operational needs 



effort. It is to this aspect of the Naval Oceanographic Program— 

 the Navy Ocean Science Program— that this report is addressed. 



OBJECTIVES OF THE OCEAN-SCIENCE PROGRAM 



The Naval Oceanographic Program encompasses that body of 

 science, technology, engineering, operations, and the personnel 

 and facilities associated with each, which is essential primarily 

 to explore and to lay the basis for exploitation of the ocean and its 

 boundaries for Naval applications to enhance the security and 

 support other national objectives.* The Navy's needs are not only 

 broad in scientific scope but they are also worldwide in range, as 



"OpNav Instruction 5450.165, August 26, 1966. 



