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COAST GUARD AUTHORIZATION, 1968—
ICEBREAKER PROGRAM

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON COAST GUARD, COAST AND
GEODETIC SURVEY, AND NAVIGATION

AND THE

COMMITTEE ON

MERCHANT MARINE AND FISHERIES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETIETH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

H.R. 5401, H.R. 5424, H.R. 5451

TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS FOR PROCUREMENT OF
VESSELS AND AIRCRAFT AND CONSTRUCTION OF SHORE
AND OFFSHORE ESTABLISHMENTS FOR THE COAST GUARD

SUBCOMMITTEE On Coast Guard, COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY, ANd Navigati

CONTENTS

Page

124

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Text of-

H.R. 5401

H.R. 5424

H.R. 5451

Statement of—

COAST GUARD AUTHORIZATION-1968

Betts, Ernest C., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration, and

Director, Office of Budget and Finance, Treasury Department..

Davis, True, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury-

Fisher, Capt. F. M., congressional liaison officer, U.S. Coast Guard..

Ing, Capt. E. B., Deputy Chief, Office of Operations, U.S. Coast

Guard..

Latimer, Capt. J. P., Deputy Chief, Office of Engineering, U.S. Coast

Guard.

Moreau, Capt. J. W., Chief, Civil Engineering Division, U.S. Coast

Guard..

Murphy, Rear Adm. C. P., Chief, Office of Merchant Marine Safety,

U.S. Coast Guard.......

Scheiderer, Capt. E. D., Acting Deputy Chief of Staff, U.S. Coast

Guard

Smith, Adm. W. J., Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard. -

Trimble, Vice Adm. P. E., Assistant Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard_
Whalen, Rear Adm. M. A., Chief of Staff, U.S. Coast Guard___

Additional material supplied by the Coast Guard-

Acquisition, construction, and improvements, fiscal year 1967 pro-

gram, table..

Acquisition, construction, and improvements, fiscal year 1968 pro-

gram, table__

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Coast Guard mission and roles in marine sciences.

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Disposition of 82- and 95-foot patrol boats before, during, and after
Vietnam deployment, table...

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ICEBREAKER PROGRAM

Statement of-

Fisher, Capt. F. M., Jr., congressional liaison officer, U.S. Coast

Guard...

Oren, Rear Adm. John B., Chief, Office of Engineering, U.S. Coast

Guard....

Rinehart, Comdr. Virgil W., project officer, icebreaker program..

Smith, Adm. W. J., Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard..

Trimble, Vice Adm. P. E., Assistant Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard_

Whalen, Rear Adm. M. A., Chief of Staff, U.S. Coast Guard____

Additional material supplied by the Coast Guard-

Revised memorandum of agreement between the Department of the

Navy and the Department of the Treasury on the operation of ice-

breakers ---

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