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Appendix A: The History of the U.S. Academic Research Fleet
Appendix A: The History of the U.S. Academic Research Fleet
Pages 93-96
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The use of ships to observe ocean phenomena dates back centuries to endeavors by Charles Darwin, Captain James Cook, and Lieutenant John Wilkes (Navy 225, 2000)
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The new ships tended to be larger than those being replaced, a trend that has continued through the present day. There was a huge upsurge of ocean research with major national and international programs, such as the International Geophysical Year, the International Decade of Ocean Expedition, the International Indian Ocean Expedition and the Global Atmospheric Research Program (Treadwell et al., 1988; Dinsmore, 1998; National Research Council, 1999; Byrne and Dinsmore, 2000; Navy 225, 2000)
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A changing focus toward science research priorities, as well as continuing concern about pacing the Soviet submarine threat, led to the need to again replace aging ships with newer, more capable vessels. At this time, oceanography was moving toward multidisciplinary, global-scale research projects (Treadwell et al., 1988; Fleet Review Committee, 1999)
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