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THE DESIGN AND NEW CONSTRUCTION 



These general specifications, having been in force now about four years, have 

 been supplemented and changed and some items eliminated. As their orig- 

 inal form was somewhat cumbersome, we had in February, 1912, a conference 

 attended by all superintending constructors for ships building on east coast, 

 and representatives of all shipbuilders, and the Bureau officers, and we expect 

 shortly to get out a revised and reduced edition of the same specifications in 

 one volume for handier reference. 



The use of these general specifications has proved of value. They serve 

 to standardize practice between various building yards, serve as a guide to 

 superintending constructors in matters under their jurisdiction, form a val- 

 uable book of reference for repairs and overhauling, and they reduce the time 

 required to get out the detail specifications of a given ship to about one-half 

 that formerly required, besides preventing many errors. 



Suggestions. — One of the most important functions we have to perform 

 is keeping a record of suggestions for improvements and changes in specifica- 

 tions, types of ships and their details. 



In order to keep track of the changes allowed in building and the changes 

 and improvements found desirable as result of experience in service, it is 

 required that each officer and employee make out a card similar to that 

 shown below for every such item that comes to his notice in any way. He 



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