I . INTRODUCTION 

 In June, July, and August 1962, USS SHELDRAKE (AGS-19) conducted 

 a systematic geomagnetic and bathymetric survey of the New England 

 Seamount Chain. This survey was conducted as part of a U. S. Naval 

 Oceanographic Office project to survey offshore areas not previously 

 subjected to systematic surveys. The New England Seamount Chain is a 

 series of ocean bottom features extending about 750 miles in a south- 

 easterly direction from the northeast coast of the United States 



(Fig. 1). 



This report is concerned primarily with the geomagnetics phase 

 of the survey (U, S. Naval Oceanographic Office Project M-9), Bathy- 

 metric contour charts and profiles are included for correlation and 

 interpretation purposes. 



