maritime administration

  1. Grey Havoc

    SL-7EXPO Project

    https://www.marinelink.com/news/society-marine-port-engineers-provides-528024
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 1970s 1980s 1990s algol-class vehicle cargo ships cold war fast sealift ship maritime administration military sealift command museum ship post-cold war ready reserve fleet sea-land sealift united states united states navy
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    • Forum: Military
  2. R

    1975 Study On Sailing Ships for the US Merchant Marine

    In the midst of the Oil Crisis, all manner of novel ideas were brought up to reduce foreign oil reliance, especially in the fuel-hungry maritime sector. Nuclear propulsion was being considered in trade magazines, a small fleet of coal-powered bulk carriers were built in various yards, and in...
    • RipSteakface
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    • cargo cold war ford administration maritime administration oil crisis sail sailing united states united states merchant marine wind
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  3. Grey Havoc

    Foul play not ruled out after US oil tanker crash in North Sea

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03/10/oil-tanker-cargo-ship-collide-north-sea/ https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cgq1pwjlqq2t
    • Grey Havoc
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    • cold war ii disaster maritime administration north sea united kingdom united states united states air force united states navy
    • Replies: 31
    • Forum: The Bar
  4. R

    MARAD PD-133 "Pacer" Austere Cargo Ship

    In 1966, the Maritime Administration began design work on a general purpose cargo-liner to be built in large enough numbers to be useful in national emergencies and replace war-era vessels serving in non-subsidized trade, with the idea that they be designed for minimum cost. As specified in a...
  5. A Tentative Fleet Plan

    PD-214 Security Class Maritime Administration conceptual mobilisation ship 1974-1981

    Source: p474-p475, US Amphibious Ships and Craft, Norman Friedman The Center of Naval Analyses (CNA) compared a number of different ship designs for the role of the Maritime Prepositioning Squadron (MPS). One of these was the PD-214 "Security Class" (C8-M-MA134), a conceptual mobilisation ship...
  6. Grey Havoc

    American Export Isbrandtsen Lines nuclear-powered container ships project (1964-68)

    This was a project intended to provide three (correction, four) atomic powered high speed container ships for use on Essential Foreign Trade Route No. 12, between the U.S. Atlantic Coast and the Far East. The ships would have used the AEC Maritime Reactor, a clean sheet gas-cooled reactor design...
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 1950s 33000-ton tanker aec american export isbrandtsen line atomic energy commission atomic ships atoms for peace cold war contract ma-1893 high speed container ships isbrandtsen co. maritime administration naval reactor nuclear powered vessels u.s. congress united states vietnam war
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  7. Triton

    U.S. Sea Service Strategy Revision (2015)

    "U.S. Sea Service Strategy Revision Includes Navy and Coast Guard Ship Counts, All Domain Access Outline" By: Sam LaGrone March 13, 2015 12:01 PM • Updated: March 13, 2015 12:57 PM Source...
    • Triton
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    • 2015 late 2010s maritime administration obama administration united states united states coast guard united states navy
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Military
  8. RyanC

    N/S Savannah Proposed Conversions

    http://www.marad.dot.gov/documents/STS-004-002_Rev6.pdf "During the period of 1968 through 1970, future use options for the ship were studied and proposed. These included the following: Fish Protein Concentrate Factory Ship by Marine Protein Incorporated Ocean Science Ship by Westinghouse...
    • RyanC
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    • atomic ships cold war early 1970s late 1960s maritime administration nuclear powered vessels research ship united states united states merchant marine
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  9. N

    Project America ships

    Link: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/project-america.htm Interesting idea. Started off as cruise ships, and morphed into naval command ships.
    • NERVA
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    • 1990s accommodation hulk barracks ship command ship department of defense department of transportation early 2000s ingalls shipbuilding litton ingalls maritech maritime administration national shipbuilding research program northrop grumman post-cold war u.s. navy united states united states navy us navy us-flag ship pilot project war on terror
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
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