The LST 100-derived Landing Ship Medium offers another test of adapting a foreign design under tighter change control. Sal Mercogliano recounts the Navy secretary's plan for a vessel service manager and senior review of proposed changes. In that account, change orders would reach the secretary during a designated hour at 5 p.m. on Fridays. Mercogliano welcomes the attempt to control changes while questioning the choice of the final hour of the working week. The arrangement is presented as an announced management approach whose effectiveness still has to be demonstrated.
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The LST 100 plan tests strict change control
A proposed LST 100-derived landing ship program is presented as a test of whether named ownership and tightly controlled change orders can preserve a foreign design.