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U.S. Flag Merchant Vessels For The Future: Many Requirements For A Limited Resource, Donald R. Ditko
U.S. Flag Merchant Vessels For The Future: Many Requirements For A Limited Resource, Donald R. Ditko
Theses and Major Papers
Decline in military useful ships is one indication of the general decline in the U.S. merchant marine since the massive Liberty and Victory programs of World War II. As the statistics in Part II will show, the U.S. flag merchant marine is facing possible nonexistence if a resurgence is not realized within this decade. Numbers of ships is only a small part of a complicated problem, however. A more serious question is the idea of a militarily useful hull.
Meeting The United States Requirement For A Merchant Marine, John F. Drake
Meeting The United States Requirement For A Merchant Marine, John F. Drake
Theses and Major Papers
This paper will derive the United States' need for a merchant fleet from the facts available, and will express these needs in terms which can be used to form reasonable goals. The history of the U.S. Merchant Marine will then be examined to learn how it arrived at its present status. Successes and failures of industry practices and government support programs will be highlighted, and an examination will be made of the degree to which the needs of the United States can be met with today's U.S. merchant fleet.