Feasibility Study for Commercialization of United States Navy Gen Specs.

摘要

This study was commissioned under the National Shipbuilding Research Program as a part of the ongoing efforts of the National Shipbuilding Standards Program. In association with the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, MarAd, the Navy, the Coast Guard, U.S. Shipbuilders, design agents, and marine equipment manufacturers and suppliers, the National Shipbuilding Standards Program intends to foster an increased awareness of the needs for and benefits of industry standardization in the shipbuilding industry and to promote the active development, consolidation and implementation of industry- wide shipbuilding standards which will assist the shipbuilder in lowering shipbuilding costs and construction times. This program is presently comprised of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) Panel SP-6 on Standards and Specifications of the SNAME Ship Production Committee and ASTM Technical Committee F-25 on Shipbuilding Standards. This particular study provides the results of a review of the GENERAL SPECIFICATION FOR SHIPS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY - 1982 EDITION to critically analyze the imposed Military and Federal Specification requirements to determine the feasibility of converting to commercial standards. The final tabulation of all specification candidates analyzed has been prepared in a matrix format to allow the interested reader the ability to quickly determine if commercial substitutes are potentially available. The recommendations and/or conclusions documented herein are not to be used without additional research and acceptance by the United States Navy.