STATUS OF RELIABILITY AND MAINTAINABILITY TECHNOLOGY IN USE IN THE U.S. MERCHANT MARINE

This report summarizes the reliability and maintainability procedures used in the U.S. Merchant Marine community; describes the acquisition process for shipboard electronic equipment as it relates to reliability and maintainability; describes the interrelationship of marine organizations; and provides an analysis of previous research in the field of reliability and maintainability of marine equipment, in order to determine the applicability of such research to the Reliability/Maintainability Program currently being sponsored by the Maritime Administration. A literature survey list and bibliography are presented in Appendix D.

• Corporate Authors:

  ARINC Research Corporation

  2251 Riva Road
  Annapolis, MD  United States  21401

  National Maritime Research Center, Kings Point

  United States Merchant Marine Academy
  Kings Point, NY  United States  11024
• Authors:
  • MCCARTHY, T
  • Wysocki, W J
• Publication Date: 1976-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 99 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Electronic equipment; Maintainability; Merchant fleet operation; Merchant vessels; Property acquisition; Reliability
• Uncontrolled Terms: Acquisition; Merchant ships
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00166274
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: NMRC-KP-171-1 Summ Rpt.7
• Contract Numbers: MA-2-4322
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 20 1977 12:00AM