Lieutenant Commander Boehm is a lawyer and certified public accountant in civil life. While serving as navigator of U.S.S. Mount McKinley (AGC-7) during 1951-52, he devised the anchoring template discussed in the attached article. He has offered the device to the Office of Naval Research for such further development as it may justify. At present, he is serving as operations officer of U.S.S. Navarro (APA-215).