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for the U.S. merchant marine in
time of war or national emer-
gency. They are (1) military aux-
iliary, (2) defense resupply
(3) security of economy, and
(4) commerce. In times of peace,
the reverse hierarchy applies to
commercial ship operators. There
is evidence that in the past this
reversal of objectives did not
create any significant divergence
of requirements affecting vessel
design. A number of changes
have occurred in recent years
which have resulted in a mis-
match of design requirements for
peacetime commercial and war-
time national interests. This pa-
per discusses these changes and
recommends a methodology by
which ships from the contract
dry-cargo fleet can be selected
for wartime use.
Paper No. II-A-5 — "Human
Factors in Naval Ship Design"
by J. Castle, R. Feaga and A.
Plato.
SYNOPSIS: Reports by the Gen-
eral Accounting Office, the Naval
Research Advisory Committee
and Fleet Commanders have
identified serious U.S. Navy Mil-
Steering Committee
Walter E. Schmid, Chairman
Randolph W. King, Vice Chairman
Howard A. Chatterton, Publicity
Bruce Nehrling, Publicity
James A. Lisnyk, Social Program
Marvin Pitkin, Technical Program
Robert J. Scott, Registration
Feridum K. Serim, Fund Raising
Francis J. Slyker, Budget and Finance
Daniel Weiler, Hotel Arrangements
itary Personnel problems which
are affecting fleet readiness and
operating costs. These problems
and effects could worsen as the
pool of skilled personnel available
to the Navy decreases and as it
expands to a 600-ship fleet. A
primary cause of these problems
is inadequate considerations of
human factors in ship design.
This paper discusses Navy per-
sonnel problems, design-related
causes and what is being done to
better address human factors in
naval ship design.
Paper No. II-B-5—"Recent Ad-
vances in Underwater Surveys
for Extension of Time Between
Drydockings" by F. Metanzo and
J. Metcalf Jr.
SYNOPSIS: Ships under the ju-
risdiction of the U.S. Coast Guard
are required to have a drydock
inspection every two years. Off-
shore oil rigs and bulk carriers
have become so large that a bi-
ennial drydocking is a problem.
This paper presents a survey of
underwater technology as it ap-
plies to underwater inspection,
maintenance and repair. It con-
cludes that the capability exists
to perform and encourages the
Coast Guard to accept under-
water inspection in lieu of dry-
dock inspection on selected ships.
Paper No. II-A-6—"Recent Ad-
vances in Simulation — CAORF's
Contribution to Maritime Indus-
try Productivity — 1982" by A.
D'Amico, J. Puglisi, J. Schryver
and H. Taylor.
SYNOPSIS: As a part of the Mar-
itime Administration's efforts to
improve the safety and produc-
tivity of the U.S. maritime indus-
try, the Computer Aided Opera-
tions Research Facility (CAORF)
was designed to provide cost-
effective solutions to problems
involving vessel operation.
CAORF has pursued a research
program involving five areas of
significant concern: (1) harbor
and waterway analysis, (2) train-
ing and certification, (3) ground-
ings and collision avoidance,
(4) ship control and maneuver-
ability, and (5) bridge system
design. This paper summarizes
three CAORF projects and tech-
niques in the application of real
time man-in-the-loop simulation
in the solution of vessel opera-
tion problems of the maritime
industry.
Paper No. II-B-6 — "Floating
Industrial Plants — Business Go-
ing to Sea" by W. Fink.
SYNOPSIS: In an attempt to
identify new construction oppor-
tunities for U.S. shipyards, the
Research and Development orga-
nization of the Maritime Admin-
istration has recently completed
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