Abstract
ABSTRACTThe United States Navy seized the initiative in diesel development and production after World War One as a direct result of its experience with poorly designed submarine engines produced by the New London Ship and Engine Company (Nelseco). Until 1919, the Navy left the development of submarine diesels to the private sector. However, the limits of Nelseco's expertise and the unwillingness of its parent company, Electric Boat, to correct the torsional vibration problems caused by the Nelseco machinery, led the Navy to alter its policy dramatically. Encouraged by the success of its Bureau‐MAN diesels, the Bureau of Engineering acquired a production license from the diesel manufacturer Maschinenfabrik Augsburg‐Nürnburg (M.A.N.) to supplement the Navy's development effort. It then launched a program to refine electric propulsion for submarines which helped place the private sector at the Navy's disposal for lighter, high‐speed diesels. By 1940, a better informed and equipped Navy set the standards and the private sector followed its direction.
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