Ship - Maneuvering, Directional Control, Navigation

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Introduction
Naval architecture
- Hydrostatics
  - Static stability
  - Dynamic stability
  - Damage buoyancy and stability
- Ship hydrodynamics
  - Design of the hull
  - Determination of propulsive power by model testing
  - Ship maneuvering and directional control
  - Ship motions in response to the sea
  - Structural integrity
- Propulsion and auxiliary machinery
  - Diesel
  - Combinations of machinery
  - Gas turbine and nuclear power
  - Electric drive and integrated machinery plants
Types of ships
- Service vessels
- Miscellaneous
- Industrial ships
- Passenger carriers
  - Cruise ships
  - Ferries
- Cargo carriers
  - Tankers
  - Container ships
  - Barge-carrying ships
  - Roll-on/roll-off ships
  - Dry-bulk ships
  - General cargo ship
Ship operation
- Business aspects
  - The tramp trade
  - The liner trade
  - The captive fleet
- Regulation
  - International conventions
  - Ship classification
- Crewing
- Maintenance
  - Repairing marine damage
  - Maintaining machinery
- Cargo handling
  - Ship-shore transfer
  - Handling aboard ship
History of ships
- Oars and sails
  - Early rowed vessels
  - Sailing ships
    - Types of sails
    - Asian ships
    - Early oceanic navigation
    - 15th-century ships and shipping
    - 17th-century developments
    - Shipping in the 19th century
- Machine-powered ships
  - The early age of steamships
    - The steamboat
      Early examples
      Fulton’s steamboat
    - Commercial steam navigation
  - Oceanic navigation
    - The first Atlantic crossings
    - “The Atlantic Ferry”
    - Passenger liners in the 20th century
    - Cargo ships

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