Ships and Facilities

Ships and Facilities For expenses necessary for design, maintenance, operation, and alteration of vessels; maintenance and operation of facilities; procurement of plant equipment, appliances, and machine tools, and installation thereof in public or private plants; procurement of equipment, supplies, special clothing and services; installation, maintenance, and removal of ships’ ordnance; lease of facilities and docks; charter and hire of vessels; relief of vessels in distress; maritime salvage services; industrial mobilization; and departmental salaries; $779,685,000, of which $16,240,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation “Coast Guard Operating Expenses, 1956” for the operation of ocean stations.