Designing the Arleigh Burke's Hull
For many of the men and women who form the crews of the Navy's warships, the process generally involves going aboard, learning their jobs, and then doing those jobs—without a great deal of knowledge or appreciation of the factors that made each ship the way she is. As a former ship driver myself, I plead guilty. When I was on board, I just sort of accepted a ship's shape, size, and form as givens.