| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Studies in Naval History and Sea Power |
| Contents |
"A Highly Specialized Art" The Decline and Recovery of Interwar Shipbuilding -- "An Unending Effort to Satisfy the Needs for High Speed and Great Strength" Warship Design, Welding, and Marine Engineering between the Wars -- "Superior to the Combined Strength of Our Enemies" Naval Strategy, Shipbuilding Programs, and Navy Department Reforms, 1940- -- "We Can Build Anything" Wartime Navy Yards -- "The Government Pays for Everything in There" Private Builders and Contractor-Operated Yards -- Conclusion Warship Building, Batch Production, and the U.S. Industrial Economy |
| Summary |
"Warship Builders is the first scholarly study of the U.S. naval shipbuilding industry from the early 1920s to the end of World War II, when American shipyards produced the world's largest fleet that helped defeat the Axis powers in all corners of the globe. A colossal endeavor that absorbed billions and employed virtual armies of skilled workers, naval construction mobilized the nation's leading industrial enterprises in the shipbuilding, engineering, and steel industries to deliver warships whose technical complexity dwarfed that of any other weapons platform"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 02, 2020) |
| Subject |
Shipbuilding industry -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Warships -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Shipyards -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Shipbuilding industry
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Shipyards
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Warships
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2020035556 |
| ISBN |
9781682475539 |
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1682475530 |
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