Military Oceanography. Military oceanography requirements are 

 discussed in Nav;^ plans. These include Coast Guard contributions in 

 the area of antisubmarine warfare. 



Coast Guard Program. 



In addition to the above, the Coast Guard has developed its own 

 provisional Long-Eange Plan for Oceanography, 1962-70, dated 

 March 5, 1962. Its essentials follow. 



Coa^t Guard Role and Ohjective. To establish guidelines for an 

 increasing role in oceanography within the provisions of Title 14, U.S. 

 Code, and in the national interest. The program covers four basic 

 projects : 



1. Ocean Station Project. Includes underway observations between 

 port and station, and time-series observations while on station. 



2. Special Patrols Project. Collecting and reporting standard 

 oceanographic data during such operations of the Coast Guard as In- 

 ternational Ice Patrol, Bering Sea Patrol, Fisheries Patrols, Polar 

 Operations, and Ocean Survey Patrols. 



3. Coastal Oceanography Project. Data collection on the con- 

 tinental shelf and coastal regions, in which Coast Guard lightships, 

 off-shore structures, coastal stations and buoy networks can be useful. 



4. Cooperative Projects. This permits the extension of Coast Guard 

 facilities to other participating and cooperating agencies. 



Coordination. The Coast Guard Oceanographic Unit will coordi- 

 nate the Coast Guard Program, including technical supervision, ad- 

 ministration, scientific liaison, etc. 



Facilities. The Coast Guard has numerous facilities adaptable to 

 oceanographic research, particularly data collection. These include 

 high-endurance cutters, icebreakers, medium patrol cutters, and light- 

 ship stations. 



Personnel and Training. Requirements will be met by increasing 

 personnel at units, and training (including post-graduate studies for 

 officers) regular assigned personnel. 



Instrumentation. Given the research potential of Coast Guard fa- 

 cilities, oceanographic instrumentation becomes the principal program 

 requirement. Special instrumentation must be installed to cany out 

 the program. 



National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) 



The Data Center, established 2 years ago in Washington, D.C., is a 

 centralized national repository where oceanographic data is available 

 to everyone. It acts as a clearing house for acquiring, compiling, 

 processing, and preserving data, including that of the Coast Guard sur- 



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