Naval Architecture Books

While I was still studying naval architecture in Ambon city of the Maluku islands of Indonesia, I photocopied a number of ship theory books from the library of our faculty. These books might not be available anymore because they were published between 1950s and 1970s. If they are still being published. their contents might have been edited to adapt with the latest improvement in shipbuilding technology. Because most of our lecturers studied naval architecture and marine engineering in Russia during 1960s, the books that they used to teach us were written by Russian naval scientists. I still remember their titles. For ship theory, we used Statics and Dynamics of the Ships.

Here are naval architecture books that I have at this moment.

Ship Design and Performance for Masters and Mates; Dr. C.B. Barrass - Elsevier; 2004

Introduction to Naval Architecture; E.C. Tupper- Elsevier; 2004
Ship Stability for Masters and Mates fifth edition; Captain D.R. Derrett, Revised by Dr.C.B. Barrass - Butterworth Heinemann; 1999
Maritime Engineering Reference Books

Basic Ship Theory combined volume

• Volume 1 Hydrostatics and Strength; KJ Rawson; EC Tupper 2001 - Butterworth Heinemann
• Volume 2 Ship Dynamics and Design; KJ Rawson; EC Tupper 2001 - Butterworth Heinemann

Basic Principles of Ship Propulsion - MAN Diesel A/S, Frederikshavn, Denmark

Boatowner's Illustrated Electrical Handbook

Controllable Pitch Propeller - MAN Diesel A/S, Frederikshavn, Denmark

Fishing Boat Construction: 2 Building a fiberglass fishing boat

A conceptual design of a fiber reinforced plastic fishing boat for traditional fisheries in malaysia

Fuel and Financial Savings for operators of small fishing vessels

Guide to Ship Repair Estimates (in Man Hours); Don Butler - Butterworth Heinemann; 2000

Added Masses of Ship Structures by Alexandr I Korotkin - Springer

Man on the Ocean; R.M. Ballantyne (edisi html)

Marine Propellers and Propulsion second edition; John Carlton; Elsevier; 2007

Marine Design - Rhinoceros Advanced Training Series; 2003

Marine Structural Design; Yong Bai - Elsevier; 2003

Ship Design and Construction; written by a group of authorities - editor Robert Taggart - SNAME; 1980

Ship Design for Efficiency and Economy second edition; H. Sneekluth and V. Bertram - Butterworth Heinemann; 1998

Ship Handling Theory and Practice; D.J. House - Elsevier Butterworth Heinemann; 2007
Shipbuilding Technology; V.K. Dormidontov and friends, translated by J.H. Dixon - Mir Publisher 1966

Ship Hydrostatic and Stability; A.B. Biran - Butterworth Heinemann; 2003

Ships and Science - The Birth of Naval Architecture in the Scientific Revolution, 1600-1800; Larrie D. Ferreiro; The MIT Press; 2007

Fishing Boat Design: 2 V-bottom boats of planked plywood construction; FAO Rome 2004

You may ask where to get these books. If you want to buy them, you can go to Amazon.com but there are many of them which you can download from avaxhome.ws

Rules for ship and boat construction which can be downloaded from American Bureau of Shipping website

ABS Guide for Building and Classing Offshore Racing Yacht 1994

ABS Rules for Building and Classing Reinforced Plastic Vessels 1978

ABS Rules for Building and Classing Steel Vessels 2009; Part 3 Hull Construction and Equipment