The Navy and Reduced Shipboard Manning.

Abstract

The report summarizes some comments from the merchant fleets based on over ten years of experience with highly automated ships and small crews. Discussion centers on design, construction, maintenance, support and social problems. Future trends are also identified. The U.S. Navy's recent experiences, as well as short and long range programs, are presented. The report concludes that present Navy efforts are aimed at demonstrating the feasibility of ship automation and crew reduction, whereas these concepts have been proven in the commercial world. A skeleton program is presented to float a demonstration ship before 1980. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1973
Accession Number
ADA039726

Entities

People

  • Richard A. Gaites

Organizations

  • Defense Systems Management College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Control Systems
  • Defense Systems
  • Employment
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Law
  • Maintenance
  • Management Personnel
  • Naval Vessels (Combatant)
  • Navy
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Procurement
  • Students
  • Systems Management
  • United States

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design