The Nafional Oceanographic Data Center is sponsored by government agencies having an 

 interest in the marine environment; it is governed by an Advisory Board composed of 

 representatives of these activities and the National Academy of Sciences. The U. S. Naval 

 Oceanographic Office is assigned responsibility for management of the National Oceano- 

 graphic Data Center. 



The sponsoring agencies are: 



Atomic Energy Commission 



Bureau of Commercial Fisheries 



Coast and Geodetic Survey 



Coast Guard 



Coastal Engineering Research Center 



Department of the Navy 



Geological Survey 



Health, Education & Welfare 



National Science Foundation 



Weather Bureau 



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U. S. Naval Oceanographic Office 



Washington, D. C. 20390 



1964 



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