U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Woods Hole Field Center
Woods Hole, MA 02543

                                  CRUISE REPORT

 1.  SHIP NAME/OWNER-OPERATOR: MS COASTAL II
                               Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC

 2.  PRE-CRUISE SERIAL # AND/OR CRUISE-LEG: 97009 

 3.  PROJECT # AND NAME: 

 4.  FUNDING AGENCY: USGS

 5.  CONTRACT (If applicable): N/A

 6.  AREA OF OPERATIONS: Folly Beach, SC/Isle of Palms, SC

 7.  DATES AND PORTS OF CALL: 28 February, 1997  - -  Charleston, SC 
                               8 March, 1997     - -  Charleston, SC

 8.  CHIEF SCIENTIST: William Schwab, USGS, WHFC
                      Paul Gayes, Coastal Carolina Univ.

 9.  SCIENTIFIC PARTY:

        Bill Schwab - PI (USGS-WHFC)
        Paul Gayes - co-PI (Coastal Carolina University)
        Dave Nichols - (USGS-WHFC)
        Barry Irwin - (USGS-WHFC)
        Bill Danforth - (USGS-WHFC)
        Eric Haase - (USGS-WHFC) 

10.  SHIP'S CAPTAIN: Richard Goldberg, Coastal Carolina University

11.  PURPOSE OF CRUISE: Image nearshore ares of Charleston (Isle of Palms, Folly Beach, SC.)

12.  NAVIGATION TECHNIQUES: DGPS navigation

13.  SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT: Edgetech DF-1000 100/500 kHz sidescan system 
                           ISIS acquisition system
                           Ashtech DGPS navigation
                           XSONAR processing system
                           Shipek Grab Sampler
                           ROXANNE system (Coastal Carolina Univ.) descan sonar

14.  TABULATED INFORMATION:
        Days at sea:             13 
        Continuous data (in km): NA 
        Stations Occupied: NA
        Submersible Dives: NA

15.  PAGE-SIZE TRACKCHART (Post Script): see plots/track/basemap.ps for trackchart 
                                         see doc/nav.txt for navigation notes 

16.  SUBMITTED BY AND DATE: William C. Schwab - 12:43 2/17/97