CONCLUDING REMARKS 



The tests described here are only a fragmentary contribution to the 

 overall study of the effects of the ocean environment on materials used in 

 underwater equipments and of how to inhibit these effects. These studies must 

 be continued, in view of the increasing need for protection of underwater military 

 installations. 



Future investigations should be directed not only towards obtaining 

 protective coatings to retard the corrosive and fouling effects of the ocean 

 environment, but also towards the development of structural materials that are 

 inherently resistant to such effects. 



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