Engineering the Environmentally Sound Warship for the Twenty-First century

摘要

The past twenty-five years has been marked by the introduc- tion of marine environmental regulations that have had a profound effect on how ships are designed, built and operated. Ships being designed and built today Must accommodate not only current Regulations but anticipate those enacted Over their thirty to fifty year life cycles. U.S. Chief of Naval Operations, Office of Environmental, Safety and Health (CNO N45) has articulated a vision for the Environmentally Sound Warship of the Twenty-first Century.