Ships' Data

Ships' Data
Author: United States. Navy Department
Publisher:
Total Pages: 456
Release: 1935
Genre:
ISBN:

Lloyd's MIU Handbook of Maritime Security

Lloyd's MIU Handbook of Maritime Security
Author: Rupert Herbert-Burns
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2008-09-24
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1420054813

Managing the ever-changing nature and cross-disciplinary challenges of the maritime sector demands a complete understanding of the special characteristics of the maritime space. The complexity of the operations of ships, ports, shipping companies, and naval and coast guard maritime security operations as well as the economic significance and the in

Practical Design of Ships and Other Floating Structures

Practical Design of Ships and Other Floating Structures
Author: Tetsuo Okada
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 767
Release: 2020-10-03
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9811546800

This book gathers the peer-reviewed proceedings of the 14th International Symposium, PRADS 2019, held in Yokohama, Japan, in September 2019. It brings together naval architects, engineers, academic researchers and professionals who are involved in ships and other floating structures to share the latest research advances in the field. The contents cover a broad range of topics, including design synthesis for ships and floating systems, production, hydrodynamics, and structures and materials. Reflecting the latest advances, the book will be of interest to researchers and practitioners alike.

Bureau of Ships Manual

Bureau of Ships Manual
Author: United States. Navy Department. Bureau of Ships
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 1955
Genre: Naval architecture
ISBN:

Why Has the Cost of Navy Ships Risen?

Why Has the Cost of Navy Ships Risen?
Author: Mark V. Arena
Publisher: Rand Corporation
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2006
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0833039210

Over the past several decades, increases in acquisition costs for U.S. Navy combatants have outpaced the rate of inflation. To understand why, the authors of this book examined two principal source categories of ship cost escalation (economy-driven factors and customer-driven factors) and interviewed various shipbuilders. Based on their analysis, the authors propose some ways the Navy might reduce ship costs in the future.