Protection of Merchant Shipping

Abstract

Although the Department of Defense has become sensitized to problems regarding the availability of assets to meet strategic sealift requirements, the need to provide for the protection of both strategic sealift and economic shipping in time of conflict has been overlooked. This study reviews the historical problem of providing for the protection of merchant shipping during the twentieth century and, using lessons learned regarding the vulnerability of merchant shipping to enemy threat, implications as a result of the current and future threat for merchant shipping are discussed. The purpose of this study is to review historical lessons learned; to examine applicability to future situations requiring protection of merchant shipping; to point up weaknesses in current philosophy and planning for the protection of merchant shipping; to draw conclusions regarding the current philosophy for the protection of merchant shipping; and to make recommendations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 08, 1990
Accession Number
ADA223593

Entities

People

  • Paulette R. Neshiem

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Anti-Ship Missiles
  • Antisubmarine Aircraft
  • Boats
  • Civil War
  • Department Of Defense
  • Lessons Learned
  • Marine Transportation
  • Military Organizations
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Second World War
  • Submarines
  • War
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design