DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY—Continued 
PROGRAM TITLE AND PURPOSE 
Man-in-the-Sea, Continental Shelf 
To develop the techniques, diver tools, and diver life support 
equipment to enable divers to safely work at depths to 1,000 ft 
in support of Navy operations. 
Lead agency: Naval Ships Systems Command. 
Participating: Naval commands, centers, laboratories, offices, and 
bureaus, and private industry. 
Deep Submergence Biomedical Development 
To conduct the biomedical research and to develop improved 
medical support to insure safe, effective manned undersea activity 
by present and future Naval operations. 
Lead agency: Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. 
Surface-Supported Diving System 
To develop an increased Navy capability to conduct surface 
supported, nonsaturated operational dives to depths of 300 ft. 
Lead agency: Naval Ships Systems Command. 
Participating: Naval Material Command, Oceanographer of the 
Navy, and Chief of Naval Operations (OP-23). 
Large-Object Salvage System 
The research, development, test, and evaluation of systems to 
provide an improved capability to salvage large objects from 
water depths to 1,000 ft. 
Lead agency: Naval Ships Systems Command. 
Participating: Naval commands, centers, and laboratories, and 
private industry. 
Deep Ocean Engineering and Research 
Operation of the submersible ALVIN and the support ship LULU 
by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in support of ocean 
science and deep ocean engineering research. 
Lead agency: Office of Naval Research. 
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Surface-based orientation. 
Studies of biomedical and physiolog- 
ical effects of diving; cooperative proj- 
ects with NOAA-MUS&T. 
Surface-based support of divers; no 
undersea facility use. 
Development project currently at 
specification stage. 
Provides support for ALVIN and re- 
lated research; no other platform 
utilization programmed. 
