The Development of Mobile Logistic Support in Anglo-American Naval Policy, 1900-1953 /

Peter Nash compares the methods the British and American navies developed to supply their ships across the vast reaches of the Pacific Ocean during the first part of the twentieth century. He argues that the logistics challenges faced by the navies during World War II were so profound and required s...

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Autor principal: Nash, Peter V.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville, Fla. : University Press of Florida, 2009.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
United States. > Navy.
Great Britain. > Royal Navy.
Great Britain. > Royal Navy > Procurement > History > 20th century.
United States. > Navy > Procurement > History > 20th century.
Military relations.
Logistics.
Armed Forces > Procurement.
Logistique > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Logistics > History > 20th century.
United States.
Great Britain.
États-Unis > Relations militaires > Grande-Bretagne.
Great Britain > Military relations > United States.
United States > Military relations > Great Britain.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword / Vice Adm. Sir Alan Massey
  • Naval logistics, 1900-1940: historical perspective, political context
  • World War II: the Fleet Train comes of age
  • Underway replenishment at sea (UNREP/RAS)
  • Postwar logistics: turning practice to procedure
  • Fleet sustainability and its effect on auxiliary ship design
  • Strategic mobilization: the case for reserve fleets
  • Fleet mobility: tactical development, 1944-1953
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A: U.S. Nval Train Squadron, 1926
  • Appendix B: BPF/Fleet Train: planned and actual strengths, 1941-1946
  • Appendix C: Admirality plans (Q) Division, 1944
  • Appendix D: Pacific Ocean distances (miles)
  • Appendix E: Task Force 37, BPF, July 13-August 20, 1945
  • Appendix F: The BPF Fleet Train in the Pacific, December 1944-January 1946
  • Appendix G: Replenishment formations, 1946
  • Appendix H: Royal Navy Cruising disposition during replenishment, 1947
  • Appendix I: Replenishment at sea liguids transfer rig comparisons
  • Appendix J: Replenishment at sea solids transfer rig comparisons
  • Appendix K: USN logisitics plans division OP-12, 1944
  • Appendix L: USN CNO organization, 1945
  • Appendix M: USN CNO logistic agencies, 1942-1946
  • Appendix N: USNWC first-year logistics course, 1947-1948
  • Appendix O: Naval Staff Admiralty, 1948
  • Appendix P: Navel staff Admiralty, January 1952
  • Appendix Q: Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 1947
  • Appendix R: RFA tanker plan, 1946
  • Appendix S: Proposed USN postwar fleet dispositions, November 1945
  • Appendix T: U.S. Nvy force levels, 1945-1955
  • Appendix U: RN Naval estimates: personnel, active, and reserve fleet statistics, 1945-1955
  • Appendix V: Royal Navy Fleet Train deployed during the Korean War
  • Appendix W: USN organization chart for operating forces, 1947
  • Appendix X: Mobile logistic support: related doctrine manuals.

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