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U.S. Navy shipbuilding : plans, congressional concerns, and quality issues / Gladys Clemens, editor.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Clemens, Gladys.
Series:
Military and veteran issues U.S. Navy shipbuilding
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
United States. Navy--Procurement.
United States.
United States. Navy--Operational readiness.
United States. Navy--Appropriations and expenditures.
Shipbuilding--United States.
Shipbuilding.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (165 p.)
Place of Publication:
[Hauppauge], New York : Nova Science Publishers, Incorporation, 2014.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
This book provides background information and presents potential issues for Congress concerning the Navy's ship force-structure goals and shipbuilding plans. It also discusses, among other issues, quality problems in constructing recently delivered ships and Navy actions to improve quality and key practices employed by leading commercial ship buyers and shipbuilders to ensure quality and how these compared with Navy practices. (Imprint: Nova)
Contents:
Navy force structure and shipbuilding plans : background and issues for Congress / Ronald O'Rourke
Navy shipbuilding : opportunites exist to improve practices affecting quality / United States Government Accountability Office.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 25, 2014).
ISBN:
1-63117-124-0

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