PORE.'JORD 



Success of the Marine Borer Conference held at the U. S. Naval 

 Civil Engineering Research and Evaluation Laboratory on May 10-12, 

 1951, led to a general agreeraent that similar conferences should be 

 held annually. Accordingly, arrangements wer .; made for a meeting 

 to be held in 1952 at Miami Beach, The program v/as subsequently 

 organized by The Clapp Laboratories, in cooperation with the Marine 

 Laboratory of the University of liiami. The generous assistance of 

 many persons contributed to the success of the program and especial 

 credit is due to Mr. George Knox of the Bm-eau of Yards and Docks 

 for his energetic and valuable cooperation. 



Limited time and clerical assistance have not only delayed publi- 

 cation of the report of the 19^2 meeting, but, in order that this 

 delay should not be further extended, manuscripts have been pro- 

 cessed Y^ithout submission to the authors for correction. Minor 

 changes have been made in order that all papers should be presented 

 uniformly, in the third person, and in ¥>rritten rather than spoken 

 form. The editor accepts full responsibility for errors, and ten- 

 ders his apologies to the authors for mistakes that may inadvertently 

 have crept in. 



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F. G. "'alton Smith 



The Marine Laboratory 

 University of i'.iiami 

 Coral Gables, Florida 



