Ship Maintenance Research Articles

The Chemist in the shipyard

This paper is intended to illustrate the role that the chemist has to play in the maintenance of ships, and the scope of the work that a Dockyard Laboratory has to carry out. A number of specific problems are discussed and certain modern laboratory techniques are outlined

NAVAL PROCUREMENT

Journal of the American Society for Naval EngineersVolume 61, Issue 4 p. 799-818 NAVAL PROCUREMENT A Thorough Discourse on a Subject With Which All Naval Engineers who Practice the Profession Should be Familiar Captain John H. Keatley, Captain John H. Keatley U.S.N. The author After graduation from the Naval Academy in 1929, Captain Keatley served aboard the U.S.S. Tennessee from 1929 until 1931. He was assigned under instruction in Naval Construction at the Naval Academy Post- Graduate School for one year and for two years at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Upon completion of this course and ancillary short courses during the summer he was assigned duty at the Naval Shipyard Mare Island serving during a three year tour as Assistant Planning Superintendent, Assistant Shop Superintendent, and Drydocking Officer. From 1937 to 1939 he served as Hull Superintendent and Assistant Planning Officer at the Naval Shipyard Cavite, P.I. In October 1939 he reported for duty to the Superintending Constructor, New York, and remained in that office when the Bureau of Engineering and Construction and Repair combined into the Bureau of Ships and the Superintending Constructor's Office merged with the Office of Supervisor of Shipbuilding. During this period his duty included inspection of construction of destroyers small craft and design supervision of a variety of vessels including cruisers and jeep-carriers, amphibious types and small craft. In 1944 he was ordered to the Staff of the Commander, Service Force Seventh Fleet and acted as Chief Staff Officer for the Service Force Representative at Lingayen. After serving as Ship Maintenance Officer, Logistics Officer and Officer-in-Charge of the Philippine Army Off-Shore Patrol (Filipino Navy) on the Staff of Commander, Philippine Sea Frontier and Commander, Naval Forces Philippines, he was assigned duty as Deputy Director of Contracts, Bureau of Ships, in April 1947 succeeding to the Directorship in June 1948, his current assignment.Search for more papers by this author Captain John H. Keatley, Captain John H. Keatley U.S.N. The author After graduation from the Naval Academy in 1929, Captain Keatley served aboard the U.S.S. Tennessee from 1929 until 1931. He was assigned under instruction in Naval Construction at the Naval Academy Post- Graduate School for one year and for two years at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Upon completion of this course and ancillary short courses during the summer he was assigned duty at the Naval Shipyard Mare Island serving during a three year tour as Assistant Planning Superintendent, Assistant Shop Superintendent, and Drydocking Officer. From 1937 to 1939 he served as Hull Superintendent and Assistant Planning Officer at the Naval Shipyard Cavite, P.I. In October 1939 he reported for duty to the Superintending Constructor, New York, and remained in that office when the Bureau of Engineering and Construction and Repair combined into the Bureau of Ships and the Superintending Constructor's Office merged with the Office of Supervisor of Shipbuilding. During this period his duty included inspection of construction of destroyers small craft and design supervision of a variety of vessels including cruisers and jeep-carriers, amphibious types and small craft. In 1944 he was ordered to the Staff of the Commander, Service Force Seventh Fleet and acted as Chief Staff Officer for the Service Force Representative at Lingayen. After serving as Ship Maintenance Officer, Logistics Officer and Officer-in-Charge of the Philippine Army Off-Shore Patrol (Filipino Navy) on the Staff of Commander, Philippine Sea Frontier and Commander, Naval Forces Philippines, he was assigned duty as Deputy Director of Contracts, Bureau of Ships, in April 1947 succeeding to the Directorship in June 1948, his current assignment.Search for more papers by this author First published: November 1949 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-3584.1949.tb02656.x AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Volume61, Issue4November 1949Pages 799-818 RelatedInformation

SOME WARTIME EXAMPLES OF REPAIRS TO MERCHANT SHIPS.

Synopsis.The repairing of merchant vessels under the special conditions resulting from a world war presented entirely new problems to be faced by ports in many countries.This paper describes those problems and the way in which they were generally solved. This is illustrated mainly by quoting actual cases showing how damaged vessels were made seaworthy by temporary repairs carried out in odd places with limited facilities and at times by means of new methods and new ideas.The lessons of this period of special emergency, in so far as ship maintenance is concerned, are also discussed and reference is made to the use of welding in ship construction as it affects ship repairing.

Classification of Ships and Machinery

THE Thomas Lowe Gray Lecture to the Institution of Mechanical Engineers on January 24 by Dr. S. F. Dorey was on the “Progress in Marine Engineering as Influenced by the Classification of Ships”. The classification of ships sprang out of the ancient practice of marine insurance, and has been in vogue for nearly two centuries. There are many classification societies; but the best known is Lloyd's Register of Shipping of which Dr. Dorey is the chief engineer surveyor. These classification societies serve the interests of shipowners, shipbuilders, engineers, underwriters and others, and each of them has rules relating to the construction and maintenance of ships and their machinery. Giving a sketch of the development of marine machinery since the earliest steamboats, Dr. Dorey traced the rules by which Lloyd's Register has influenced progress. From the first specification for machinery, right through the period of its construction and at regular periods during its life, Lloyd's surveyors have duties to perform, and the whole shipping industry owes much to the impartial and exceptional way those duties are performed. From its very constitution a classification society is strictly impartial; it is a form of voluntary control of an industry by the industry for the general well-being.