Description: Civil War Ironclads : The . Navy and Industrial Mobilization, Paperback by Roberts, William H., ISBN 0801887518, ISBN-13 9780801887512, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Honorable Mention, Science and Technology category, John Lyman Book Awards, North American Society for Oceanic History Civil War Ironclads supplies the first comprehensive study of one of the most ambitious programs in the history of naval shipbuilding. In constructing its new fleet of ironclads, William H. Roberts explains, the . Navy faced the enormous engineering challenges of a largely experimental technology. In addition, it had to manage a ship acquisition program of unprecedented size and complexity. To meet these challenges, the Navy established a "project office" that was virtually independent of the existing administrative system. The office spearheaded efforts to broaden the naval industrial base and develop a marine fleet of ironclads by granting shipbuilding contracts to inland firms. Under the intense pressure of a wartime economy, it learned to support its high-technology vessels while incorporating the lessons of combat. But neither the broadened industrial base nor the advanced management system survived the return of peace. Cost overruns, delays, and technical blunders discredited the embryonic project office, while capital starvation and never-ending design changes crippled or ruined almost every major builder of ironclads. When Navy contracts evaporated, so did the shipyards. Contrary to widespread belief, Roberts concludes, the ironclad program set Navy shipbuilding back a generation.
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Book Title: Civil War Ironclads : The U.S. Navy and Industrial Mobilization
Number of Pages: 300 Pages
Publication Name: Civil War Ironclads : the U. S. Navy and Industrial Mobilization
Language: English
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Item Height: 0.7 in
Publication Year: 2007
Subject: Public Policy / Military Policy, Military / Naval, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), Military / United States, Ships & Shipbuilding / History, Marine & Naval, Industries / Transportation
Item Weight: 14.8 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Transportation, Political Science, Technology & Engineering, Business & Economics, History
Item Length: 8.8 in
Author: William H. Roberts
Item Width: 6.5 in
Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology Ser.
Format: Perfect
