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Industrializing American Shipbuilding

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Author : William H. Thiesen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006

Industrializing American Shipbuilding written by William H. Thiesen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with History categories.

Throughout the 19th century, the shipbuilding industry in America was both art and craft, one based on tradition, instinct, hand tools, and handmade ship models. Even as mechanization was introduced, the trade supported a system of apprenticeship, master builders, and family dynasties, and aesthetics remained the basis for design. Spanning the transition from wood to iron shipbuilding in America, Thiesen's history tells how practical and nontheoretical methods of shipbuilding began to be discarded by the 1880s in favor of technical and scientific methods. Perceiving that British warships were superior to its own, the United States Navy set out to adopt British design principles and methods. American shipbuilders wanted only to build better warships, but embracing British practices exposed them to new methods and technologies that aided in the transformation of American shipbuilding into an engineering-based industry. American shipbuilders soon improvised ways to turn U.S. shipyards into state-of-the-art facilities and, by the early 20th century, they forged ahead of the British in construction and production methods. The history of shipbuilding in America is a story of culture dictating technology. Thiesen describes the trans-Atlantic exchange of technical information that took place during this era and the role of the U.S. Navy in that transfer. He also profiles the lives of individual shipbuilders. Their stories will inspire enthusiasts of ships, shipbuilding, and shipbuilding technology, as well as historians and students of maritime history and the history of technology.

Report Of The Commission On American Shipbuilding

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973

Report Of The Commission On American Shipbuilding written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with categories.

Government Policy In Aid Of American Shipbuilding An Historical Study Of The Legislation Affecting

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Author : Warren Daub Renninger
language : en
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Release Date : 2023-07-18

Government Policy In Aid Of American Shipbuilding An Historical Study Of The Legislation Affecting written by Warren Daub Renninger and has been published by Legare Street Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-18 with categories.

This book offers a detailed historical analysis of government policy supporting the American shipbuilding industry. Renninger explores the legislative measures that were taken to aid and protect the industry, examining their impact on national security, economic growth, and employment. Drawing on primary sources and archival materials, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the development of American shipbuilding from the late 18th century to the early 20th century. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Ships For The Seven Seas

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Author : Thomas Heinrich
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2020-03-24

Ships For The Seven Seas written by Thomas Heinrich and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-24 with History categories.

Thomas R. Heinrich explores American shipbuilding from the workshop level to subcontracting networks spanning the Delaware Valley. Winner of the North American Society for Oceanic History's John Lyman Book Award Originally published in 1996. Sustained by a skilled work force and the Pennsylvania iron and steel industry, Philadelphia shipbuilders negotiated the transition from wooden to iron hull construction earlier and far more easily that most other builders. Between the Civil War and World War I, Philadelphia emerged as the vital center of American shipbuilding, constructing a wide variety of vessel types such as passenger liners, freighters, battleships, and cruisers. In Ships for the Seven Seas, Thomas R. Heinrich explores this complex industry from the workshop level to subcontracting networks spanning the Delaware Valley. He describes entrepreneurial strategies and industrial change that facilitated the rise of major shipbuilding firms; how naval architecture, marine engineering, and craft skills evolved as iron and steel overtook wood as the basic construction material; and how changes in domestic and international trade and the rise of the American steel navy helped generate vessel contracts for local builders. Heinrich also examines the formation of the military-industrial complex in the context of naval contracting. Contributing to current debates in business history, Ships for the Seven Seas explains how proprietary ownership and batch production strategies enabled late nineteenth-century builders to supply volatile markets with custom-built steamships. But large-scale naval construction in the 1920s eroded production flexibility, Heinrich argues, and since then, ill-conceived merchant marine policies and naval contracting procedures have brought about a structural crisis in American shipbuilding and the demise of the venerable Philadelphia shipyards.

Report Of The Commission On American Shipbuilding

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Author : United States. Commission on American Shipbuilding
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973

Report Of The Commission On American Shipbuilding written by United States. Commission on American Shipbuilding and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with Shipbuilding categories.

American Shipbuilding

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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1892

American Shipbuilding written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1892 with Shipbuilding categories.