Gladys Clemens 
U.S. Navy Shipbuilding [PDF ebook] 
Plans, Congressional Concerns, and Quality Issues

This book provides background information and presents potential issues for Congress concerning the Navy’s ship force-structure goals and shipbuilding plans. It also discusses, among other issues, quality problems in constructing recently delivered ships and Navy actions to improve quality and key practices employed by leading commercial ship buyers and shipbuilders to ensure quality and how these compared with Navy practices.