DESIGNING THE FUTURE U.S. NAVAL SURFACE FLEET FOR EFFECTIVENESS AND PRODUCIBILITY

David Taylor Research Center is just commencing investigations into a new manner of defining future fleet architectures. The cost of current performance-driven ship designs has increased at a rapid rate. While it is true that a warship designed with insufficient performance is of meager utility, it is also true that the best performing warship design is of no utility if never built. Both performance and affordability are required. A Carrier of Large Objects (CLO) feasibility design in progress, Carrier Dock Multimission, is outlined to inform shipbuilding researchers of an initiative that promises to have significant impact on naval ship procurement and provide increased visibility within the U.S. Navy on producibility issues.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • The National Shipbuilding Research Program's Ship Production Symposium, held Arlington, Virginia Sept.,13-15 (1989), p.24-1 [16 pp., 2 ref., 15 fig.]
• Authors:
  • GRAHAM, C
  • BOSWORTH, M
• Publication Date: 1989

Language

• English

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Military vessels
• Old TRIS Terms: Producibility
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00696098
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Maritime Technology
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 14 1995 12:00AM