MARIN TECHNOLOGY
Volume 36, Number 1 , JANUARY 1999
ii A Message from the President
iv Advisory Public Service
v Yearbook of the 1998 Annual Meeting
xxviii New Fellows
xxxiii Forthcoming Events
xxxiv Advertisers' Index
xxxvil Section News
xlvi Updated Sections Meeting Schedule
xlix T&R Newsletter
1 Buying the Boat—Choosing a Ship for the Sealift
Conversion Program
by lan Busch
11 A New Preservation Protocol for Seawater Ballast Tanks in
Naval Applications
by Miles Kikuta
22 Experimental Results for Bending and Buckling of Rectangular
Orthotropic Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Plate Structures
by J.C. Roberts and GJ. White
29 Superstructure Effectiveness in the Preliminary Assessment of
the Hull Behavior
by Michael DA Mackney and Carl T.F.Ross
45 TRICAT High Speed Perry—Redesign for the U.S. Market
by William A. Wood and John A. Hunter
55 The Future of Minimal Manning and Its Effects on the Acquisition
and Life Cycle Costs of Major Coast Guard Cutters
by Matthew A. Green
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APRIL 1999 , Volume 36, Number 2
Marine Technology
ii A Message from the President
iii Professional Engineer Licensure Update
iv 1999 Annual Meeting Information
ix Committee Chairs for 1999
x Advisory Public Service
xx Advertisers' Index
xxiii Forthcoming Events
xxvii Section Activities
xxxv TAR Newsletter
61 Shaping Ship Safety: The Face of the Future
by Dracos Vassalos
77 Shaft Alignment Using Strain Gages: Case Studies
by Bruce Cowper, Al DaCosta, and Stephen Bobyn
92 SQIS: A Framework for the Development and Implementation of
an Industry-Wide Ship Quality Information System
by Henry P. Reeve and Robert G. Bea
102 Preliminary Ship Design Using One- and Two-Dimensional Models
by Michael D.A. Mackney and Carl T.P. Ross
112 Features of the Wakes of Partly Immersed Wheels
by Keith Alexander
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MARINE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 36, Number 3 , Summer 1999
ii A Message from the President
iii SNAME and RINA Reciprocal Agreement
xi Strategic Planning Committee Report
xvii STG Celebration
xviii Advisory Public Service
xx Forthcoming Events
xxiii New Fellows
xxvii Section Activities
xxxii Advertisers' Index
127 Development of a Diesel Engine Reliability Database (DEREL) for
the U.S. Coast Guard
by N.A. Moore and A.N. Perakis
143 Dynamic Analysis of a Semisubmersible-type Bucket
Ladder Dredge
by Arcandra, Robert E. Randall, and Moo H. Kim
157 Rudder/Fin Roll Stabilization of the USCG WMEC 901 Class Vessel
by Jerrold N. Sgobbo and Michael G. Parsons
171 An Approximate Method for Intact Stability of Fishing Vessels
by Huseyin Yilmaz and Abdi Kukner
175 Distributed Intelligent Navigation Systems
by Martha Grabowski