MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS FOR

1962

THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1961.

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY

WITNESSES

VICE ADM. JOHN SYLVESTER, U.S. NAVY, DEPUTY CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS (LOGISTICS)

JOHN J. REED, EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT (FACILITIES), OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE NAVY (I. & L.)

CAPT. H. C. BRIDGERS, U.S. NAVY, HEAD, AVIATION BASE REQUIREMENTS BRANCH, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS T. J. SMYTH, SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO DIVISION DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS

CLASS 1. SHIPYARD FACILITIES

CAPT. D. L. CARROLL, U.S. NAVY, ASSISTANT CHIEF FOR FIELD ACTIVITIES

CAPT. T. J. BANVARD, U.S. NAVY, DIRECTOR, NAVAL INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES DIVISION, BUREAU OF SHIPS

CLASS 2. FLEET BASE FACILITIES

BEAR ADM. FRANK L. JOHNSON, U.S. NAVY, DIRECTOR, SHORE ACTIVITIES DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL DIVISION, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS

LT. COMDR. A. T. SPRAGUE III, U.S. NAVY, HEAD, FACILITIES BRANCH, FIELD ACTIVITIES DIVISION, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS

CLASS 3. WEAPONS FACILITIES

REAR ADM. A. M. SHINN, U.S. NAVY, ASSISTANT CHIEF FOR FIELD SUPPORT, BUREAU OF NAVAL WEAPONS

M. R. HANABURY, DIRECTOR, MILITARY CONSTRUCTION DIVISION, BUREAU OF NAVAL WEAPONS

LT. COMDR. H. W. MERRITT, U.S. NAVY, MILITARY CONSTRUCTION DIVISION, BUREAU OF NAVAL WEAPONS

J. F. ROLLENCE, OFFICE OF SPECIAL PROJECTS, BUREAU OF NAVAL WEAPONS

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CLASS 4. SUPPLY FACILITIES

REAR ADM. T. A. LONG, U.S. NAVY, DEPUTY AND ASSISTANT CHIEF, BUREAU OF SUPPLIES AND ACCOUNTS

CAPT. T. A. BROWN, ASSISTANT CHIEF FOR TRANSPORTATION AND FACILITIES, BUREAU OF SUPPLIES AND ACCOUNTS

CLASS 5. MARINE CORPS FACILITIES

MAJ. GEN. C. R. ALLEN, U.S. MARINE CORPS, QUARTERMASTER GENERAL, HEADQUARTERS, MARINE CORPS

MAJ. F. H. BUTLER, U.S. MARINE CORPS, HEAD, PROGRAMS SECTION, FACILITIES AND SERVICES DIVISION, HEADQUARTERS, MARINE CORPS

LT. COL. R. M. RUTLEDGE, USMC, OFFICER IN CHARGE, MARINE SECTION, FIELD SUPPORT, CONTINENTAL BRANCH, BUREAU OF NAVAL WEAPONS

CLASS 7. SERVICE SCHOOL FACILITIES

CAPT. G. J. FRAUENHEIM, U.S. NAVY, ASSISTANT CHIEF FOR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, BUREAU OF NAVAL PERSONNEL GEORGE Z. ANDERS, HEAD, FACILITIES DEVELOPMENT BRANCH, BUREAU OF NAVAL PERSONNEL

LT. COMDR. H. S. KELLER, ASSISTANT HEAD, FACILITIES PLANNING BRANCH, BUREAU OF NAVAL PERSONNEL

A. P. KENYON, ASSISTANT FOR PLANS AND COORDINATION, EDUCATION, AND TRAINING, BUREAU OF NAVAL PERSONNEL

CLASS 8. MEDICAL FACILITIES

REAR ADM. F. P. GILMORE, MEDICAL CORPS, U.S. NAVY, ASSISTANT CHIEF FOR PLANNING AND LOGISTICS, BUREAU OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY

CAPT. E. C. STONE, MEDICAL CORPS, U.S. NAVY, DIRECTOR, PLANNING DIVISION, BUREAU OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY

CLASS 9. COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES

REAR ADM. FRANK VIRDEN, U.S. NAVY, DIRECTOR, NAVAL COMMUNICATIONS, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS LT. R. L. GRAHAM, U.S. NAVY, SECURITY GROUP HEADQUARTERS

CLASS 11. YARDS AND DOCKS FACILITIES

REAR ADM. E. J. PELTIER, CIVIL ENGINEER CORPS, U.S. NAVY, CHIEF, BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS

REAR ADM. P. CORRADI, DEPUTY AND ASSISTANT CHIEF, BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS

COMDR. J. V. BARTLETT, CIVIL ENGINEER CORPS, U.S. NAVY, DIRECTOR, PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS

W. P. TIENCKEN, STAFF ASSISTANT FOR REAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS

OFFICE OF THE NAVY COMPTROLLER

REAR ADM. M. A. HIRSCH, U.S. NAVY, ASSISTANT COMPTROLLER, DIRECTOR OF BUDGET AND REPORTS

COMDR. A. P. MINWEGEN, CIVIL ENGINEER CORPS, U.S. NAVY, STAFF OFFICER, MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER

Mr. SHEPPARD. We shall proceed with hearings on the military construction program of the Navy.

The first statement we will hear is that of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Logistics, Vice Adm. John Sylvester. You may make your presentation at this time, Admiral.

Admiral SYLVESTER. I have a statement I can either read or present for the record as you wish, sir.

Mr. SHEPPARD. It is a short statement. Go ahead and read it.

STATEMENT OF THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS FOR LOGISTICS

Vice Adm. JOHN SYLVESTER. Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, I am Vice Adm. John Sylvester, U.S. Navy, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Logistics.

It is a privilege to apear before this committee to present briefly the basis of the requirements of the Navy's military construction program for the fiscal year 1962.

This program is an essential phase in the Navy's continuing efforts to modernize and to improve the overall effectiveness of the operating forces. Although the Navy's natural habitat is the sea-on it, in it, and over it-we have a continuing requirement for shore support within the United States and, to a limited extent, overseas.

This support, logistic in character, is required by our operating forces to provide them with backup facilities and supplies for their peacetime missions and, should the situation arise, for their wartime operations. It is required for basic and advanced education and training of our officers and enlisted men and to insure the material and operational readiness of our forces so that they can be instantly responsive to any situation.

Only the Naval Shore Establishment can provide this essential backup for our mobile, combat-ready operating forces. In order to keep abreast of the technological advances being built into our ships and weapons, we must similarly modernize our shore facilities to make them capable of rendering adequate support.

This, then, is the primary purpose of the annual military construction program-to insure that the Shore Establishment is maintained in the best possible posture to fulfill its sole mission-that of providing essential support to the operating forces of the fleet.

In general, there are two factors which generate the need for new shore facilities. First, new weapon systems and new operational concepts quite logically beget requirements for new types of facilities. These facilities may supplement existing installations, or may be of an entirely new character. They may be sited at an existing location or, in the exceptional case, may require establishing a new activity. Where new facilities or activities are constructed, the outmoded facilities and activities are disposed of.

Secondly, our existing facilities, largely of World War II or earlier vintage, must be systematically modernized or replaced not only to offset deterioration and dilapidation, but also to keep pace with the increase in the technical complexity of our ships, aircraft, and

weapons.

This year's military construction program is a relatively small part of the overall Navy budget. However, it will provide that minimum level of support required by the major programs of the Navy delineated by the other appropriation requests in the budget. Every line item in this program has been repeatedly tested for need and urgency. Each item has withstood a series of searching reviews by the Navy itself, by the Department of Defense, and by the Bureau of the Budget. The end product of this careful planning was thoroughly reviewed. by the congressional Armed Services Committees. The line items common to the authorization program and the funding program now under your consideration are included in the authorization bill recently passed by the House of Representatives.

All individual projects included in this presentation have been checked against current Department of Defense task force studies on long-range Shore Establishment plans, and all of these projects are at naval establishments for which there is a long-range requirement. Although the individual projects will be presented, as in previous years, in groups by classes, I want to emphasize that this program is not a piecemeal collection of various individual bureau programs but,