Fighting Ships that Require Knowledge and Experience

Industrial Mobilization in American Naval Shipbuilding, 1940–1945

Bibliographic Data

ID9622835
AuthorsThomas Heinrich (corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume88
Issue2
Pages273-301
Publication date2014-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Business History Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-6805 • E-ISSN: 2044-768X
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0007680514000038
OpenAlexW2101860193
LanguageEN
References cited16

Wartime naval builders in the United States constructed the world's largest fleet that defeated the Japanese Imperial Navy, aided the Allied victory during the Battle of the Atlantic, and projected American naval power into all corners of the globe. Many naval combatants were built by highly experienced shipbuilders who possessed advanced design skills and production capabilities that had been years in the making. The present study examines the structures and dynamics of American naval shipbuilding and compares them to their foreign counterparts; it argues that extant capabilities were vital to the success of the U.S. war economy

Aeronautics · Ancient history · Battle · Economic history · Economics · Economy · Extant taxon · Globe · Management · Marine engineering · Naval architecture · Navy · Political science · Politics · Shipbuilding · Victory · World War II · Australian History and Society · Engineering · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · Historical Economic and Social Studies · History · Law

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