The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Saturday, July 8, 1995                 TAG: 9507080378
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B1   EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   17 lines

SURVEYING THE BEACH

ILLUSTRATION: Color photo by Drew C. Wilson, Staff

As part of a survey of the beach on the northern tip of Hatteras

Island, scientists from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Field

Research Facility at Duck drag a sled for measuring water depth. The

craft at right is a Lighter Amphibious Resupply Craft, or LARC.

by CNB