U.S. Nuclear Submarines Up to Ohio

Historical context is important when we discuss the lessons learned from the United States’Ohio, Seawolf,andVirginianuclear submarine programs. All three came during or just after the peak in U.S. nuclear submarine design and construction. However, the period before the start of theOhioprogram provi...

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Published inLearning from Experience p. 5
Main Authors JOHN F. SCHANK, CESSE IP, FRANK W. LACROIX, ROBERT E. MURPHY, MARK V. ARENA, KRISTY N. KAMARCK, GORDON T. LEE
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published RAND Corporation 07.11.2011
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Applied arts
Applied sciences
Armed forces
Arts
Civil engineering
Design
Design engineering
Design evaluation
Electrical engineering
Engineering
Harbors
Industrial design
Industrial engineering
Marine engineering
Marine structures
Military science
Navies
Nuclear submarines
Political science
Ports
Ship hulls
Ships
Shipyards
Submarines
Transportation
Vehicles
Watercraft
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Summary:Historical context is important when we discuss the lessons learned from the United States’Ohio, Seawolf,andVirginianuclear submarine programs. All three came during or just after the peak in U.S. nuclear submarine design and construction. However, the period before the start of theOhioprogram provides a good insight into the basic tenets of program management developed earlier by the nuclear submarine community. Figure 2.1 shows the various classes of nuclear submarines developed between 1955 and 1980. The numbers in parentheses indicate the number of submarines in each class. The figure shows the first ten in a class
ISBN:0833058967
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