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MWD-75-66 1 (1975-03-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabkxo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I 'Ii ' II ' l i[,,l ,, ,rilf, .................... .. ga ... ........................ UIITED STATES GENrERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE . . ......... A ASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 MANPOWER AND WELFA1, DIVISION The Honorable Paul G. Rogers House of Representatives *IWIII MI LM090416 Dear 4r. Rogers- This is in response to your request concerning hyperbaric (high-pressure) facilities used by 'the Department of the Navy in its deep submergence research programs. You requested us to provide information on --the Navy's justification for building a new nyperbaric facility at Bethesda, Maryland, while a similar facility is being built at Panama City, Florida; --the number, depth capability, and use of -the hyperbaric facilities available in the District of Columbia, Mary- land, and Virginia; and --the Navy's proposed use of the hyperbaric facility at Panama City. As previously discussed with you, we limited our work to (1) reviewing data on the Navy's underseas research programs and the planning documents for the facilities at Bethesda and Panama City and (2) interviewing Department of Defense and Navy officials regarding the missions and functions of the Bethesda and Panama City facilities and the relationships between them. The Navy uses hyperbaric chambers to simulate undersea conditions. The safety, health, and effectiveness of personnel required to live and work in the sea are insured by using these chambers to (1) develop equipment capable of withstanding the high pressures and other hazards of the ocean depths and (2) de- termine the physiological and psychophysiological effects of undersea environments on man. A June 1966 report of the President's Panel on Oceanography entitled Effective Use of the Sea stated that -the general level of research for using man at depths in the ocean was in- adequate. The report pointed out that the Navy had primary re- sponsibility for developing the capability for human activity at - IIh i oI n UIIff II V lll6Im ... - i ' II ?4WO- 75-66

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