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)
The Navy and Reduced Shipboard Manning
1973
46 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Personnel Management, Labor Relations & Manpower , Marine Engineering , Ship personnel , Manpower utilization , Naval personnel , Military requirements , Shipboard , Cost benefits , Materiel , Ship design , Life cycle costs , Automation , Destroyers , Merchant vessels , DE 1052 class vessels , FF 1052 class vessels
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