(United States Naval Institute, 1952)
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ships
From the Preface: This monograph is the outcome of investigations
made by the staff of the Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution for the Bureau of Ships, Navy
Department, during the years 1940-1946. Although
rapid progress in the improvement of
antifouling paints was being made by the Navy
paint laboratories at the time the work was initiated,
it was the belief of the Bureau that scientific
knowledge of the fouling process, and of the
way in which protective coatings acted, was inadequate.
We were consequently instructed to
explore the fundamental basis on which preventive
techniques must rest, rather than to attempt directly
to improve existing paint formulations. At
the same time every opportunity was afforded to
our staff to become familiar with current problems
and the means being employed to solve them. On
the termination of the work it has seemed desirable
to collect the results of our experience and
to review them in relation to the total existing
knowledge of the subject.
