| Cruise ID | SOTW12WT |
| Vessel | R/V THOMAS WASHINGTON |
| Title | SOUTHTOW Expedition (SOTW) |
| Abstract | The objectives will be to study natural background phenomena that may affect acoustic systems, two work areas will be selected thus providing for observations in two distinctly seperate acoustic propagation areas. |
| Starting Port | Pago Pago, American Samoa |
| Ending Port | Honolulu, Hawaii, USA |
| Starting Date | 1972-12-29 |
| Ending Date | 1973-01-23 |
| Latitude Maximum | 17.8919 |
| Latitude Minimum | -14.3016 |
| Longitude Maximum | 201.813 |
| Longitude Minimum | 189.391 |
| Principal Investigator | Spiess, Fred N. |
| Scientist Names | F. N. SPIESS - CHIEF SCIENTIST - SCRIPPS INSTITUTION :R. C. WILSON - RESIDENT TECH - SCRIPPS INSTITUTION :J. L. ABBOTT - COMPUTER TECH - SCRIPPS INSTITUTION :R. M. BYRNE - AIRGUN TECH - SCRIPPS INSTITUTION :M. D. BENSON - STAFF - SCRIPPS INSTITUTION :D. E. BOEGEMAN - STAFF - SCRIPPS INSTITUTION :J. T. DONOVAN - STAFF - SCRIPPS INSTITUTION :W. M. DURKIN - STAFF - U. S. NAVY :C. D. LOWENSTEIN - STAFF - SCRIPPS INSTITUTION :J. A. MATHER - STAFF - SCRIPPS INSTITUTION :G. J. MILLER - STAFF - SCRIPPS INSTITUTION :W. R. NORMARK - STAFF - SCRIPPS INSTITUTION :F. V. PAVLICEK - STAFF - SCRIPPS INSTITUTION :J. W. POIRIER - STAFF - NON-SCRIPPS EMPLOYEE :D. P. RAETZMAN - STAFF - U. S. NAVY |
