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U. S. Navy Electronics Laboratory, 

 San Diego, California 92152 



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3. REPORT TITLE 



THE U.S. NAVY ELECTRONICS LABORATORY'S OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH 

 TOWER: ITS DEVELOPMENT AND UTILIZATION 



4. DESCRIPTIVE NOTES (Type ot report and Inc 



Research and DevRlopmfint 



■Tune 1955 - December 1965 



S AUTHORfSJ (Last name, first name, initial) 



LaFond, E. C. 



6 REPORT DATE 



22 December 1965 



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161 67 



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1342 



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Distribution of this document is unlimited. 



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Bureau of Ships, Department of the Navy, 

 Washington, D. C. 20360 



3 ABSTRACT 



Part I of the report outlines the tower's many advantages over other methods 

 for conducting shallow water research. Part II covers the various investigations; 

 the specialized techniques and instrumentation employed, and the results 

 achieved. Part III traces the tower's development and surveys its unique facili- 

 ties. Part IV delineates the need for a new tower in 100 feet of water. Also 

 included in this section are a summary of the work, a list of recommendations, 

 and a bibliography. 



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