Ships for Victory

Ships for Victory
Author: Frederic Chapin Lane
Publisher: JHU Press
Total Pages: 944
Release: 2001-09-21
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780801867521

A chronicle of America's intensive shipbuilding programme during World War II, this explores the development of revolutionary construction methods and the recruitment, training, housing and union activities of the workers.

Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Workers Around the World

Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Workers Around the World
Author: Raquel Varela
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017
Genre: HISTORY
ISBN: 9789462981157

Cover; Contents; 1. Introduction / Marcel van der Linden, Hugh Murphy, and Raquel Varela; North-western Europe; 2. Labour in the British shipbuilding and ship repairing industries in the twentieth century / Hugh Murphy; 3. Bremer Vulkan: A case study of the West German shipbuilding industry and its narratives in the second half of the twentieth century / Johanna Wolf; 4. From boom to bust: Kockums, Malmö (Sweden), 1950-1986 / Tobias Karlsson.

Ship Construction

Ship Construction
Author: David J. Eyres
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
Total Pages: 362
Release: 1972
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

Ship Construction is a comprehensive text for students of naval architecture, ship building and construction, and for professional Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. Covers the complete ship construction process including the development of ship types, materials and strengths of ships, welding and cutting, shipyard practice, ship structure and outfitting, All the latest developments in technology and shipyard methods, including a new chapter on computer-aided design and manufacture, Essential for students and professionals, particularly those working in shipyards, supervising ship construction, conversion and maintenance. Book jacket.

Confederate Shipbuilding

Confederate Shipbuilding
Author: William N. Still
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
Total Pages: 146
Release: 1987
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780872495111

This work covers the real grounds for the Confederacy's failure to build a successful navy. The South's major problems with shipbuilding concerned facilities, materials, and labour. Each of these subjects is discussed, and the text concludes by joining these problems to the issues of the Civil War.

Ship Vibration

Ship Vibration
Author: Raymond T. McGoldrick
Publisher:
Total Pages: 270
Release: 1960
Genre: Vibration (Marine engineering)
ISBN: