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oceanographic community, universities and research 
institutes as well as government agencies. 
1. OCEAN SURVEYS: $25,014,000 
The survey program is aimed at the intelligent 
collection of accurate and meaningful data at sea, 
data required both by various specific mission- 
oriented agencies and to serve the basic purpose 
of providing a framework of oceanic knowledge 
upon which future exploitation and research must 
depend. 
The rationale, purpose, and objectives of the 
survey program have been spelled out in detail in 
the National Plan for Ocean Surveys (ICO Pub. 
No. 7, May 1963). 
The survey program is responsive not only to 
the immediate demands of the Federal agencies 
for oceanographic data, but also provides the basic 
information which the research oceanographer 
needs to formulate the questions he must ask— 
questions for which his own research work at sea 
will provide the answers. rs 
Surveys are planned and carried out on a field- 
season basis. This runs generally from January or 
February to November and thus overlaps two fiscal 
years. As in previous ICO reports, the discussions 
that follow are for the 1964 field season and cover 
the latter half of FY 1964 and the first half of 
FY 1965. 
The survey schedule, as presented here is drawn 
in general terms, still subject to change in specifics. 
The operations research study of ocean surveys 
funded by the Coast and Geodetic Survey will be 
completed during the first half of FY 1965. The 
survey program for subsequent years will reflect 
this detailed analysis of the government’s ocean 
survey operations. 
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NAVY—$14,704,000 
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Atlantic 
USS TANNER—Deep water hydrographic surveys 
in Western Atlantic, coastal surveys of Central 
America. 
USS REQUISITE—Military oceanographic-hydro- 
graphic surveys (Oceanographic stations, acous- 
tics, bottom reflectivity) . 
USNS GILLISS—Surveys in western Atlantic for 
Navy Laboratories (prediction of three-dimen- 
sional thermal structure, sound transmission and 
water characteristics, buoy arrays for heat and 
water exchange in deep water, “meso-scale” struc- 
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NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAM—1965 
ture near Gulf Stream, electromagnetic phe- 
nomena) . : 
USNS SANDS—Scheduled to join fleet in 1965. 
AGS— (Unnamed) 2250 tons. Shakedown in early 
FY 1965. Automated collection of temperature, 
speed of sound and ambient light data vs. depth. 
Also bathymetric, sea surface temperature, mag- 
netic field, and gravity data. 
Pacific-Indian 
USS MAURY—Hydrographic surveys of Manila Bay 
and Subic Bay, shoal investigation. 
USS SERRANO—Works with MAURY in Philip- 
pines. Upon completion will conduct oceano- 
graphic surveys in Western Pacific as schedule 
permits. 
USS REHOBOTH—Oceanographic surveys of Point 
Arguello, California, currents by measurement 
and computation. 
USNS DAVIS—Cooperative cruise of Oceanographic 
Office and west coast Navy laboratory, San Diego- 
Philippines-Japan. Oceanographic and acoustics 
measurements with submarine BAYA. Experi- 
ments with underwater research vehicle and ship- 
board positioning system for vehicle. 
USNS LYNCH—Will be completed during FY 1965. 
Will work with Davis and icebreakers in studies 
of polar water masses and their circulation. This 
information will be used in sea-ice predictions. 
AIRCRAFT—WV-2 aircraft with side-looking radar 
will be used for all-weather ice studies. 
COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY—$9,101,000 
Atlantic 
EXPLORER—Oceanographic/hydrographic surveys 
of Sonda de Vieques, P.R. Later in the year will 
shift to area of east coast of U.S. and continental 
shelf area of Cape Hatteras, doing magnetic sur- 
veys, oceanographic stations, deep-sea photog- 
raphy, coring operations, biological studies, and 
current studies. Duke University will cooperate. 
HYDROGRAPHER—Hydrographic surveys off- 
shore north of Miami, then Sabine Pass in the 
Gulf of Mexico. Oceanographic stations and bot- 
tom samples. 
WHITING—Hydrographic surveys off South Caro- 
lina and Florida. Whiting will also survey Nan- 
tucket Sound area if not used in cooperative Gulf 
Stream studies. 
PIERCE—Same as WHITING, but with more ex- 
tensive work in the hydrographic surveys. If Gulf 
Stream surveys are not carried out, magnetic, 
photographic, and bottom material studies will be 
done cooperating with Geological Survey. 
