Temperature 2o53°C 

 Salinity 314-058^+ %o 

 Oxygen 1,29 ulL/l 



The complete oceanographic station record of these parameters as measured 

 at this location by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography ship HORIZON 

 on Janiiary 12^ I962 is shown in Table I„ 



The 12 ^O00°foot "depth Site. The site tentatively chosen for 

 12,000 feet of water depth is located in the area near the San JiJan 

 Seamount about 120 miles southwest of Port Huenemeo Investigation of 

 this site and alternative sites is planned to be conducted in FY-63. 



Shallow-Water Experiments 



For purposes of comparison^, specimens identical to certain of those 

 exposed in the first STU may be exposed in the Port Hueneme Harbor f oi" 

 similar periods of time. This environment is well knowni corrosion 

 Investigations have been conducted there for many years. 



MBORATORY-SIMULATED DEEP-OCEAN ENVIRONMENT EXPERIMENTS 



Program 



One of the objectives of this subtask is to develop laboratory 

 techniques, equipments, and test procedures which will make possible 

 laboratory evaluation of materials under consideration for deep=ocean 

 service. These methods will be developed by comparing and correlating 

 results obtained in a lab oratory- simulated deep=ocean envirormient with 

 those obtained in an actual deep=oce£m environment. 



In addition to the chemical, biological^, and other laboratory 

 facilities which exist at NCEL, a new deep=ocean laboratory has been 

 established specifically for this investigation of deep-ocean environ- 

 mental problems. This new facility is being equipped with unique sea- 

 water pressure -vessel systems and associated equipment, designed to 

 simulate the chemical and physical aspects of the deep-ocean environment. 



The deep-ocean laboratory will make available facilities to perform 

 the following general type of investigations, tests, and experiments: 



1. Proof -testing of deep-ocean equipment, devices, and components. 



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