Nuclear Navy, 1946-1962 / Richard G. Hewlett and Francis Duncan.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Hewlett, Richard G., author.

Duncan, Francis, 1922- author.

Contributor:

U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Navy--History.

United States.

United States. Navy.

Nuclear warships--History.

Nuclear warships.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 477 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1974.

Contents:

1. Control of the sea

The idea and the challenge

3. The question of leadership

4. The structure of responsibility

5. Emerging patterns of technical management

6. Prototypes and submarines

7. Toward a nuclear fleet

8. Nuclear power beyond the navy

9. Propulsion for the fleet

10. Building the nuclear fleet

11. Fleet operation and maintenance

12. The measure of accomplishment.

Notes:

Description based on online resource, PDF version; title from title page (Department of Energy, viewed March 3, 2022).

"Because this book has been sponsored by the Atomic Energy Commission and because we did our research and writing as government employees, we were granted unrestricted access to the records of the Commission and the Navy Department as well as those of the Division of Naval Reactors ... We are also grateful to the Atomic Energy Commission and its staff for making it possible for us to write this book as a part of the agency's history program"--Pages xiii-xiv.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Hewlett, Richard G. Nuclear Navy, 1946-1962

OCLC:

1306588293