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Military Ship
This document contains definitions for the market, customer missions, unique market attributes, and market subsystem types.
Military Ship is a core market that includes manned, sea-based vessels used in dedicated support of military naval operations and national homeland defense. National homeland defense is defined as protection of a nation against border intrusion and conventional or unconventional attacks. Sea-based is defined to mean the oceans, seas, gulfs, and harbors that border the external boundaries of a nation. The market includes onboard mission and weapon systems.
This document contains definitions for the market, customer missions, unique market attributes, and market subsystem types.
The Military Ship market includes:
- All major surface combatants and submarines;
- Amphibious support, mine warfare, auxiliary, coastal patrol, sealift, C2 and Intel-ops vessels;
- R&D, production and significant modification of such ships;
- Nuclear refueling programs;
- Major refit/upgrade programs;
- Large military research and search & rescue vessels;
- Service and Support contracts;
- Green variant of Mil Ship Database (removes value of onboard mission systems).
The Military Ship market does not include:
- Unmanned marine vessels and systems;
- Commercial ships or merchant ships;
- Nuclear power materials provided GFE
- Company-funded research and development;
- Government budget for overhead and program management;
- Missiles, torpedoes, close-in-weapon-systems and other expendable munitions and guided weapons;
- Non-military national and local government vessels used for such internal civil duties as law
Military Ship Customer Function
Classifying ships is not an exact science. Sizes, outfitting and designations are generally decided upon by the builder or user. Very similar vessels that one user may call frigates may be called destroyers by another user.
| Amphibious | Vessels and craft designed for transport, delivery and sustainment of troops, vehicles and equipment over the shore into the battlefield. Larger amphibious vessels typically use smaller landing craft and helicopters for ship-to-shore transport but some retain a beach landing capability. Includes large flat top amphibious assault ships capable of operating Short-Take-Off-Vertical-Landing fixed-wing aircraft if designated as amphibious assets by builder and/or operator. |
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| Attack Sub | Typically designated SSN, attack submarines are primarily hunter-killer oriented. Modern attack submarines can attack land targets as well as sea targets. |
| Ballistic Sub | Typically designated SSBN, ballistic submarines are uniquely designed for the mission of land target strategic strike. |
| Carrier | Ocean and sea-going vessels capable of functioning as full service airfields for aircraft designed for such operations. |
| Coastal/Patrol | Non-ocean, non-sea going vessels occasionally lightly armed and used for search, rescue and border enforcement. |
| Command Ship | A ship equipped to act as a mobile, floating command center for control and co-ordination of local, regional, and/or worldwide operations. |
| Corvette | Small, lightly armed vessel, originally smaller than a frigate and larger than a coastal patrol craft; some recent designs resemble frigates in size and role. |
| Cruiser | Dreadnoughts upward of 15K tons displacement or designated as a cruiser by the builder and/or user. |
| Destroyer | Combat ships in the 5K to 15K ton displacement range and designated as a destroyer by the builder and/or user. |
| Frigate | Combat and special mission vessels typically smaller than a destroyer but designated as a Frigate by the builder and user. |
| Icebreaker | Ships with high-strength hulls and excess power capable of breaking sea ice to allow other ships to navigate regions with seasonal or permanent ice cover. May also provide logistic and scientific research support and fulfill patrol tasks in Polar Regions. |
| Intel/Surveillance | Ships equipped to collect information on adversary operations and technology by means of passive interception and analysis of communications and other electronic signals, and/or collection of acoustic intelligence in the undersea domain. May include electronic countermeasures/jamming capability. |
| Logistics/Support | Naval auxiliary ships which have the capability to support the fleet with liquids, solid stores, and spares while underway and/or alongside. |
| Mine Warfare | Small ocean and sea capable ships that typically operate in littoral or harbor water depths environments to lay and sweep mines. |
| Salvage/Rescue | Ships equipped to provide assistance to disabled vessels and/or submarines. May feature firefighting and towing capability; provide heavy lift capability from ocean depths; and support manned and submersible diving operations. |
| Sealift | Non-combatant vessels used for the transportation of military cargo to areas of operation. Typically commercial cargo and Roll-On/-Roll-Off ships taken up from trade and requiring secure port facilities for loading and off-loading. Also vessels that act as floating warehouses and can transfer cargo to amphibious warfare ships while at sea for onward delivery into the battlefield. |
| Survey/Oceanography | Vessels that are used to map the ocean floor and perform acoustical, biological, physical and geophysical surveys to provide data that aids our understanding of oceans and the undersea domain. |
| Training | Vessels used for training ships’ crew that are equipped with systems essential to provide instruction in modern seamanship, navigation and the proper and safe operation of ships’ equipment. |
| Multiple | This category includes any instance when the record involves more than one functional segmentation category. |
| Other | Miscellaneous ships that do not fit in any of the other functional segment groups. |
| Research & Technology | Includes basic/detailed design, system development, studies and general ship related technology. |
| Unidentified R&D | A modeled estimate of R&D Sales not yet identified. |
Military Ship Attributes
Propulsion
Propulsion is an attribute providing the singular and combined energy sources used to propel ships.
| Diesel (Diesel) | A vessel or craft propelled by one or more diesel engines. Each engine is connected by reduction gears and clutch to a propeller shaft. |
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| Combined Diesel and Diesel (CODAD) | A vessel or craft propelled by a combination of multiple diesel engines. One diesel is connected by reduction gears and clutches to each propeller shaft for operations at cruising and loitering speeds. One or more additional diesels can be connected to each propeller shaft by cross connect gear units and clutches for high speed operations. |
| Diesel Electric (Diesel-elect) | A vessel or craft propelled by one or more diesel engines and electric propulsion. Each engine is connected to a generator which provides electrical energy to one or more electrical motors connected to each propeller shaft. |
| Diesel-electric and AIP (Diesel-elect/AIP) |
A vessel or craft propelled by one or more diesel engines connected to generators, as well as an Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) system using electrochemical reaction in fuel cells, heat engines, closed cycle engines, or radioisotope thermoelectric generators to provide electrical energy to one or more electrical motors connected to each propeller shaft.
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| Gas turbine (Gas turbine) | A vessel or craft propelled by one or more gas turbines. One turbine is connected by reduction gears and clutches to each propeller shaft. |
| Gas turbine electric (Gas turb elect) | A vessel or craft propelled by one or more gas turbines and electric propulsion. Each engine is connected to a generator which provides electrical energy to one or more electrical motors connected to each propeller shaft. |
| Combined Gas and Gas turbine (COGAG) | A vessel or craft propelled by a combination of multiple gas turbines. One turbine is connected by reduction gears and clutches to each propeller shaft for operations at cruising and loitering speeds. One or more additional turbines can be connected to each propeller shaft by cross connect gear units and clutches for high speed operations. |
| Combined Gas or Gas Turbine (COGOG) | A vessel or craft propelled by multiple gas turbines of different output. A low output turbine is connected by reduction gears and clutches to each propeller shaft for cruising and loitering. A high output turbine is connected by reduction gears and clutches for high speed operations. |
| Combined Diesel and Gas Turbine (CODAG) | A vessel or craft propelled by a combination of diesel engines and gas turbines. One or more diesel engines are connected by reduction gears, cross connection gears and clutches to the propeller shafts for operations at cruising and loitering speeds. One or more gas turbines can additionally be connected to the propeller shafts for high speed operations. |
| Combined Diesel or Gas Turbine (CODOG) | A vessel or craft propelled by a combination of diesel engines or gas turbines. One or more diesel engines are connected by reduction gears, cross connection gears and clutches to the propeller shafts for cruising and loitering. One or more gas turbines can instead be connected to the propeller shafts for high speed operations. |
| Combined Diesel-electric and Gas Turbine (CODLAG) | A vessel or craft propelled by a combination of electric motors and gas turbines. Electric motors powered by diesel generators are connected to the propeller shafts for operations at cruising and loitering speeds. One or more gas turbines can additionally be connected for high speed operations. |
| Combined Diesel-electric or Gas Turbine (CODLOG) | A vessel or craft propelled by a combination of electric motors or gas turbines. Electric motors powered by diesel generators are connected to the propeller shafts for operations at cruising and loitering speeds. One or more gas turbines can instead be connected for high speed operations. |
| Combined Diesel and Diesel-electric (CODLAD) | A vessel or craft propelled by a combination of diesel engines and electric motors. Electric motors powered by diesel generators are connected to each propeller shaft for operation at cruising and loitering speeds. One or more diesel engines can additionally be connected to the shaft via reduction gears, cross connecting gear units and clutches for high speed operations. |
| Combined Diesel and Gas Turbine Electric (Diesel/Gas-elect) | A vessel or craft propelled by a combination of diesel and gas turbine generators and electric propulsion. A combination of diesel engines and gas turbines are connected to generators which provide electrical energy to one or more electric motors connected to each propeller shaft. |
| Diesel and Hybrid (Diesel-Hybrid) | A vessel or craft propelled by diesel engines or electric motors. Electric motors powered by ship service generators are connected to the propeller shafts for operations at cruising and loitering speeds. For high speed operations, one or more diesel engines can instead be connected by reduction gears, cross connection gears and clutches. |
| Gas Turbine and Hybrid (Gas turb-Hybrid) | A vessel or craft propelled by gas turbines or electric motors. Electric motors powered by ship service generators are connected to the propeller shafts for operations at cruising and loitering speeds. For high speed operations, one or more gas turbines can instead be connected by reduction gears, cross connection gears and clutches. |
| Nuclear (nuclear) | A vessel or craft propelled by one or several nuclear reactors providing heat energy to steam turbines. Steam turbines are connected to the propeller shafts by reduction gears and clutches, or via generators which provide electrical energy to one or more electrical motors. |
| Combustion boiler (Steam) | A vessel or craft propelled by one or several combustion boilers providing heat energy to steam turbines. Steam turbines are connected to the propellers shafts by reduction gears and clutches, or via generators which provide electrical energy to one or more electrical motors. |
| Nuclear and Combustion Boiler (CONAS) |
A vessel or craft propelled by both nuclear reactor(s) and combustion boilers providing heat energy to steam turbines. Steam turbines are connected to the propellers shafts by reduction gears and clutches, or via generators which provide electrical energy to one or more electrical motors. |
| Unknown (unknown) | A vessel or craft propelled by an unknown power source and/or unknown method of power transmission. |
| Other (other) | A vessel or craft propelled by other means, such as outboard motor. |
Displacement
Displacement (US Tons). Displacement is the weight of water displaced by a ship’s hull when floating. The Military Ships database uses the following displacements:
| Surface Ships | Full displacement, which is defined as the displacement of a ship when fully loaded with all stores, ammunition, fuel, and water. |
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| Submarines |
Submerged displacement, which is defined as the displacement of a submarine when submerged at neutral buoyancy and fully loaded with all stores, ammunition, fuel and water.
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Length (Feet)
Length is the distance between a ship’s forward and aft extremities, expressed in feet. In cases in which waterline length is available, the Military Ships database uses that value.
- 0-99
- 100-199
- 200-259
- 260-325
- 326-399
- 400-459
- 460-525
- 526-659
- 660-825
- 826-Up
- Unknown - The length is not known.
Military Ship Subsystems
| System Integrator | The portion of the program related to integrating all of the subsystems into the forecasted Item and performing the program management. This role is typically filled by the Item System/Service Supplier. |
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| Yard/Builder (HM&E) 1-2 | The portion of the program related to building a vessel’s hull, mechanical and engineering systems. |
| Main Engines/Propulsion 1-2 | The portion of the system that provides the ship with powered movement and manoeuvre capability. |
| Armaments | The portion of the system related to launchers and arms control and management. |
| Mission Systems | The portion of the system related to operational mission system payload(s) |
| Mission System Integrator (MSILicensor) | The portion of the system’s value related to providing raw technology. A Licensor’s role can be compared to a low-value-added integrator. |
| Sys Eng & Tech Assistance (SETA) | System Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA). The government often needs to supplement its internal Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance capability in order to meet its frequently changing needs and demands. SETA contractors provide analysis and engineering services in a consulting capacity, working closely with the government's own engineering staff members. SETA contractors provide the flexibility and quick availability of expertise without the expense and commitment of sustaining the staff long-term. |
| Scientific & Engineering Support | Where not specifically stated as SETA, other scientific and engineering support services. The work performed in this area deals with the conduct of analytical, experimental, investigative and other fact finding work in the natural and physical sciences, along with the operation and maintenance of the equipment required for these purposes. Examples would be: engineering related studies, scientific research and support, writing technical manuals, chemical, biological and other testing services; architect-engineer services; environmental planning and engineering services; and other technical services. |
| Ops-Mgt Services | Operations and management, are generally non-engineering and non-technical services. Examples: operating and managing facilities (Facilities or Warehouse Managers); infrastructure tasks and oversight (Operations or Plant Managers); supervision and management services (Planning Manager; consulting and advisory services; program management; and providing other non-technical professional services. It is along the lines of business practices to create the highest level of efficiency possible within an organization. It concerns itself with converting materials and labor into goods and services as efficiently as possible to maximize the profit of an organization, and will have a focus on streamlining processes. |
| Maintenance Services | Maintenance, or technician specific servicing and general repairs. Examples: base maintenance and repair; non-specific platform repair and other technician maintenance services; staffing O&R depots; environmental remediation; and decontamination. These services may include, but are not limited to, preventative maintenance, emergency repairs, scheduled servicing, testing, and component replacements. |
| Training Services | Training activities to include syllabus preparation, manuals, documents, personnel, location & facilities, classroom devices and equipment, training simulations, and the successful completion of the training contract statement of work. |
| Sustainment Services | Sustainment, is the provision of personnel, logistic, and other support required to maintain and prolong operations or combat until successful accomplishment or revisions of the mission or the of the national objective. Examples: food service; fuel storage and shipment; security; supply airlift and sealift; and other storage services. |
| Other Work-share Provider | A significant subcontractor whose contribution cannot be categorized in any of the other sections. |
| Unidentified R&D | A modeled estimate of R&D Sales not yet identified. |