Concept design of a low cost alternative to DDG 51

The U. S. Navy's surface combatant force is built on a base of about 150 ships. Current projections for surface force commissionings and retirements indicate a need for an affordable variant of the Navy's mainstay battle force surface combatant, DDG 51. Fleet accessions will not keep pace...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hartman, Chris G.
Other Authors: Systems Engineering
Format: Dissertation
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/40781
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-01262010-020117/