NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAM—1965 
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FACILITIES PROGRAM - FY 1964 
(Thousands) 
Dept. - Agency Purpose 
DEFENSE - Total 250 
Navy - Total 250 
INTERIOR - Total 1,621 
BCF - Total 1,290 
Shellfish research laboratory, Milford, 1,165 
Connecticut. 
Tropical Atlantic Biological Laboratory, 125 
Miami, Florida. (design) 
GS - Total 279 
West Coast laboratory for research in 279 
marine geology and geophysics. 
BSF&W - Total 52 
To expand research facilities at Marine 92 
Laboratory, Sandy Hook New Jersey 
COMMERCE - Total 1,036 
C&GS - Total 1,036 
Construction of new ship base at Norfolk 
and acquisition of leased base in Seattle, 
Washington 
NATIONAL SCIENCE 7,300 
FOUNDATION - Total 
Construction of facilities for physical and 7,300 
biological oceanographic research and 
education. 
TREASURY - Total 50 
CG - Total 50 
For oceanographic units at Woods Hole. 35 
For oceanographic facilities on two off- 15 
shore structures. 
FACILITIES - TOTAL $10,257 
prominent oceanographers. During FY 1964, 
the NODC will continue its responsibilities to 
the WDC-A and the IIOE and will take on new 
responsibilities to the IIOE within the limits of 
available funds. 
By FY 1964, the NODC expects to play a 
major role in the International Cooperative In- 
vestigations of the Tropical Atlantic. The NODC 
has already done preliminary work in conjunction 
with the Naval Oceanographic Office in this pro- 
gram; namely, the preparation of a provisional 
atlas of the environmental conditions of the area 
of investigation. The suggestion has been made 
that NODC provide data processing support to 
this international program. 
In addition, in FY 1964 the NODC hopes to 
initiate, in conjunction with the Canadian Oceano- 
graphic Data Center (CODC), a communications 
