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Mr. Lennon. But you have other vessels, medium-endurance cutters 
and some of your high-endurance cutters, constructed to have some 
capability in oceanography ? 
Admiral Trimsuie. All of our high-endurance vessels—33—even 
those in Vietnam, are configured and instrumented for oceanographic 
duties and, in addition, all of our icebreakers do oceanographic work: 
many of our tenders, though not instrumented, are utilized and used 
on a space available basis to perform oceanographic work; and our 
offshore platforms, many of them are instrumented to collect data in 
this field. 
Mr. Lennon. In your dialog with ESSA on a day-to-day basis, do 
you know how many oceanographic vessels are operating under ESSA ? 
Admiral Trier. I am not sure how many are operating now al- 
though we have a very close association with ESSA; they have, I 
would say, about 10 vessels. 
Mr. Lennon. How about the Department of the Interior ? 
Admiral Trrmpie. The Department of the Interior has a number 
of vessels working in projects of the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries ; 
smaller vessels, but they have quite a substantial fleet of these small 
vessels. It probably is as many as 20 or 25. 
Mr. Lennon. The Coast and Geodetic Survey vessels are under 
what Department? 
Admiral Trrmpte. Under ESSA, which is under the Department of 
Commerce. 
Mr. Lennon. I want to announce that the committee will resume its 
hearings on next Tuesday, September 23, at 10 a.m., in this meeting 
room. Our witness that day will be Dr. Myron Tribus, Assistant Secre- 
tary of Commerce for Science and Technology. He will be accompanied 
at that time by an old friend of the committee, Dr. Robert M. White, 
Administrator of ESSA. 
Gentlemen, we appreciate your attendance and we hope that when 
we call you in the future to come back and answer specific questions 
you will find time to do so. We appreciate very much your cooperation. 
Mr. Beces. Yes, sir, Mr. Chairman. Thank you. 
(Whereupon, at 12:10 p.m., the subcommittee recessed, to reconvene 
at 10 a.m., Tuesday, September 23, 1969.) 
