GDC Data Note No. 9: Total Mileage of SIO Ships


        SHIPS OF THE SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY
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      Mileages and Periods of Service Through December 1999
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      Compiled by S.M. Smith, SIO Geological Data Center 
			revised March 2000
			
Sources: 
  Summaries of Ship Operations compiled by Marine Facilities (1952-1987)
  SIO Annual Reports (FY1988-1992)
  SIO Ship Scheduling Office (Jul-Dec92)
  SIO Ref. Series 94-18(CY1993); 95-07(CY1994); 96-01(CY1995); 97-02(CY1996)
  SIO Ref. Series 98-05(CY1997); 99-13(CY1998); 00-5(CY1999)

SHIPS IN ACTIVE SERVICE:                    (Nautical Miles)
                                   Previous     Miles           Total
Ship		Start of Service    Miles      In 1999          Miles
-------------   ----------------  --------    --------        ---------
MELVILLE	Sep69		   889,318      36,557          925,875
NEW HORIZON	Nov78		   444,299      16,677          460,769
R.G.SPROUL	Sep84		   175,013      10,271          185,284
ROGER REVELLE   Jun96              112,369	46,129          158,498
FLIP (towed)*   Jan66		     - 0 -	   -0-		    -0-
			  	  ========     =======	       ========
                                 1,620,999     109,634        1,730,633

(*) FLIP is towed to and from station. Mileage 
    is not available nor a good measure of useage.



SHIPS NO LONGER IN SERVICE:

Ship             In Service         Miles
------------    -------------      -------
AGASSIZ		Jul62 - Oct76	   576,765
ALPHA HELIX	Feb66 - Jan80	   256,305
ARGO		Jun60 - Feb70	   446,907
ARMY T-441	May55 - Dec67	    76,471
BAIRD		May52 - Apr65	   477,689
BUOY BOAT	Jun56 - Sep63	  (not available)
CREST		Aug50 - Jul52	  (not available)
DOLPHIN		Jan66 - Jun76	    21,364
GIANNA		Mar74 - 1975?	     1,240
HORIZON		May49 - Oct68	   621,589
OCONOSTOTA	Oct62 - Jul74	   117,709
ORB (towed)	Nov73 - Aug96        - 0 -
ORCA		Jun56 - Dec61	    86,165
PAOLINA-T	Feb49 - Mar64	   177,204
E.B.SCRIPPS 	Jul65 - Aug84	   238,172
E.W.SCRIPPS	Aug50 - Jul52	  (not available)
H.M.SMITH	Apr60 - Jun63	    94,247
ST-908		Jan66 - Jul73	    11,407
STRANGER	May55 - Jun62	   212,305
T.WASHINGTON	Oct65 - Jun92    1,009,782
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                                 4,425,321


Total Nautical Miles, all SIO Ships, through December 1999 =  6,155,954
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