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