REDUCING THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT CYCLE FOR NAVAL AUXILIARY SHIPS

A producibility study was undertaken for the US Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA). The producibility project team was initially tasked to identify and evaluate possible design improvements with regard to their potential impact upon the cost of construction for the Baseline Oa rough-order-of-magnitude geared-diesel option. This particular design variant is a 30-knot twin-screw, 289 m (948 ft) ro/ro vessel with four 18 PC4.2V medium-speed diesels producing 85 619 kW (114 817 hp) of installed power. The construction cost estimate developed by NAVSEA for the variant is $385 million per ship. In addition to the NAVSEA-assigned task, the team reviewed the producibility aspects of the Navy auxiliary ship procurement process with regard to finding methods that would facilitate major reductions in the construction contract cycle, as time is now recognized as a major cost driver in ship procurement. The construction contact cycle is defined as the amount of time from construction contract award to delivery, and was estimated by NAVSEA to be 42 months for the subject ship.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • J Ship Production, v 9 n 2, May 1993, p 121 [16 p, 17 ref, 9 fig]
• Authors:
  • SPICKNALL, M H
  • Wade, M
• Publication Date: 1993

Language

• English

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Military vessels; Shipbuilding; Ships
• Old TRIS Terms: Auxiliary ships; Ship producibility
• Subject Areas: Finance; Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00717541
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Maritime Technology
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 4 1996 12:00AM