TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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ABSTRACT ^ 1 



INTRODUCTION 1 



STATISTICAL BACKGROUND 4 



DERIVATION OF DISTRIBUTIONS OF SHIP MOTIONS 



AND LONGITUDINAL BENDING MOMENTS OF THE HULL 7 



DESIGN AND OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS FOR WARTIME SERVICE 20 



Long-Term Distributions of Ship Motion, Hull Bending Moment, 



and Wave Height 20 



Predictions of Ship Response to Waves for Given Conditions 20 



Pre^diction of Extreme Values 22 



Design Loads for Bottom Structure to Withstand Slamming Loads 26 



DISCUSSION 27 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 28 



APPENDIX A - SAMPLE OSCILLOGRAMS • 29 



APPENDIX B - SAMPLE CALCULATIONS 35 



APPENDIX C - PHOTOGRAPHIC DEFINITION OF SEA CONDITIONS 37 



REFERENCES 42 



