CONTENTS 



PART I 



PART II 



PART ni 



THE NAVAL SHIP 



Page 

 1 



Chapter 1 The Development of Naval Ships 3 



Chapter 2 Ship Design and Construction 15 



Chapter 3 Stability and Buoyancy 34 



Chapter 4 Preventive and Corrective Damage Con- 

 trol 61 



BASIC ENGINEERING THEORY 83 



Chapter 5 Fundamentals of Ship Propulsion 



and Steering 85 



Chapter 6 Theory of Lubrication 112 



Chapter 7 Principles of Measurement 119 



Chapter 8 Introduction to Thermodynamics 157 



THE CONVENTIONAL STEAM TURBINE 



PROPULSION PLANT 191 



Chapter 9 Machinery Arrangement and 



Plant Layout I93 



Chapter 10 Propulsion Boilers 230 



Chapter 11 Boiler Fittings and Controls 276 



Chapter 12 Propulsion Steam Turbines 3 19 



Chapter 13 Condensers and Other Heat Exchangers . 343 



PART IV AUXILIARY MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 361 



Chapter 14 Piping, Fittings, and Valves 363 



Chapter 15 Pumps and Forced Draft Blowers 391 



Chapter 16 Auxiliary Steam Turbines 422 



Chapter 17 Compressed Air Plants 437 



Chapter 18 Distilling Plants 450 



Chapter 19 Refrigeration and Air Conditioning 



Plants 471 



Chapter 20 Shipboard Electrical Systems 492 



Chapter 21 Other Auxiliary Equipment 520 



PART V OTHER TYPES OF PROPULSION PLANTS 541 



Chapter 22 Diesel and Gasoline Engines 543 



Chapter 23 Gas Turbines 595 



Chapter 24 Nuclear Power Plants 614 



Chapter 25 New Developments in Naval 



Engineering 628 



INDEX 654 



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