70 



Service in 1932 as a harbor quarantine cutter. The 

 hull of the ship is constructed of wrought iron. 

 In May 1957 she was transferred to the Coast and 

 Geodetic Survey and converted to a current survey 

 vessel in 1958. An inspection in 1964 by the 

 Maritime Administration found that while the 

 vessel apparently had been well maintained, her 

 advanced age and deterioration has made the 

 vessel unsuitable for ocean service without the 

 expenditure of considerable money to meet Coast 

 Guard safety requirements. Moreover, MARMER 

 can no longer properly accomplish the full ob- 

 jectives of coastal current surveys; requests for 

 additional tidal current predictions ha\e accumu- 

 lated to a point where other hydrographic survey 

 vessels have had to be diverted from their basic 

 assignments at the risk of setting back the Coast 

 and Geodetic Suivey's long-range charting pro- 

 gram. Since this vital service to the mariner must 

 be continued in the most efficient and economical 

 manner, MARMER will be replaced by a properly 

 equipped and designed vessel. Design and con- 

 struction of the MARMER replacement will, 

 therefore, begin in FY 1967. 



DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY 



Coast Guard 



FY 1965 -$0 

 FY 1966-$0 

 FY 1967-1500,000 



The Coast Guard has 37 ships with oceano- 

 graphic capabilitv, many of which were equipped 

 over the last few years. None were constructed 

 specifically as oceanographic ships but rather were 

 equipped as ocean station vessels, buoy tenders, 

 and icebreakers which perform oceanographic 

 work in conjunction with their assigned missions. 

 An additional nine ships will be so equipped for 

 oceanographic observations by the end of FY 1969, 

 completing the conversion program. 



In FY 1967, the Coast Guard will contract for 

 design and detailed plans of an oceanographic 

 ship to replace EVERCIREEN, a World War II- 

 built buoy tender. The replacement ship will be 

 designed especially for service in the northwest 

 Atlantic. It will be ice-strengthened and completely 

 equipped for oceanographic research in sub-polar 

 regions. The ship will be able to handle buoys and 

 will feature high speed data processing equipment. 



NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 



FY 1965-11,000,000 

 FY 1966-$ 700,000 

 FY 1967-$ 200,000 



B. Oceanographic Instrumentation 



FY 1965-$10,329,000 

 FY 1966-$ 9,436,000 

 FY 1967-$ 8,437,000 



The National Science Foundation is responsive 

 to scientific proposals received; its program, there- 

 fore, is not as firm as those of other agencies. In- 

 cluded in the FY 1967 program of the Foundation 

 is $200,000 to fund a design study of a barge to 

 be used as a platform for study of the Arctic 

 Ocean. The barge will be equipped with laboratory 

 facilities and quarters for sciendfic personnel. It 

 will be set adrift in the ice and will mo\ e gradually 

 through the Arctic Ocean in much the same man- 

 ner as the ice islands currently used for research. 

 When constructed, this platform will greatly 

 expand the capabilities of U.S. scientists in the 

 Arctic. 



Background 



Scientific exploration of the ocean is dependent 

 on the accuracy, precision, and reliability of 

 oceanographic instrumentation. As scientific, 

 engineering, resoiuxe de\elopment and military 

 requirements grow, the demand on industry to 

 produce new, faster, and more reliable instru- 

 ments increases. The ICO encomages agencies to 

 cooperate in the development of and procurement 

 of instruments. This cooperative effort is expected 

 to reduce the overall cost of data acquisition. 



The ICO is advancing the field of oceanogiaphic 

 instrumentation by increasing emphasis on per- 

 formance rather than purchase description. This 

 approach is being developed to enable industry 

 to exercise its ingenuity, resourcefulness, and 



