A combined (USN/USCG) patrol corvette (CPCX)
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Authors
Calvano, Charles Natale
Witt, M.A.
Anderson, Eric
Comar, John Francis
Hurley, Jim
Subjects
Ship Design
corvette
Navy
Coast Guard
conversion
corvette
Navy
Coast Guard
conversion
Advisors
Date of Issue
1996-05
Date
Publisher
Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School
Language
Abstract
A Systems Engineering approach to the preliminary design of a combined-usage (USN/USCG) corvette is presented. The design responds to recognition that as lawbreakers become more sophisticated and heavily-armed, the Coast Guard's law enforcement operations become more similar to warfare; and at the same time, the Navy's increasing involvement in Operations Other than War (OOW), such as sanction enforcement and humanitarian operations, is becoming more like traditional law enforcement operations. The design, responding to this situation, pursues two variants of a single basic ship — one with a Coast Guard payload and one with a Navy combat payload. Major objectives of the design are (1) cost savings by permitting larger numbers of the ship to be built than either service, alone, would need, with a high degree of commonality between the two variants and (2) provision of the ability to rapidly reconfigure the Coast Guard variant into the Navy variant when there is an expectation of increased combatant ship needs. Mission analysis, payload selection, development of measures of effectiveness and analysis of Naval Architecture features, as well as other design factors, are addressed.
Type
Technical Report
Description
Part of the TSSE Team 1995 - Combined (USN/USCG) Patrol Corvette project
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Department
Identifiers
NPS Report Number
NPS-ME-96-004
Sponsors
Funding
Format
433 p.