1 Introduction
   1.1 Background
   1.2 Objective
   1.3 Essentials of the system approach
   1.4 Document structure
2 Specifying seakeeping requirements
   2.1 Overview
   2.2 Staff requirement expression
   2.3 How to specify seakeeping performances
   2.4 Assessing seakeeping performance
3 Overview of system approach
   3.1 Background
   3.2 Naval missions and support activities
   3.3 Naval missions
   3.4 Support activities
   3.5 Systems and tasks
4 Specifying environment conditions
   4.1 Overview
   4.2 Definitions for sea states
   4.3 Wave information sources
   4.4 Recommendations for standard wave conditions
   4.5 Wind information sources
   4.6 Other environmental data relevant for seakeeping
        performance
5 Determining ship motions and related phenomena
   5.1 Overview
   5.2 Criteria
   5.3 Theoretical methods
   5.4 Model experiments
   5.5 Full scale trials
6 Developing seakeeping models and criteria
   6.1 Overview
   6.2 Platform-independent models and criteria
   6.3 Performance degradation
   6.4 Representative naval systems and limiting events
7 Seakeeping criteria for general application
   7.1 Overview
   7.2 Survivability in extreme seas
   7.3 Transit and patrol
   7.4 Replenishment at sea
8 Seakeeping criteria for specific missions and equipment
   8.1 Overview
   8.2 Naval air operations
   8.3 Weapons and sensors systems
   8.4 Towed systems
   8.5 Launch and recovery
   8.6 Damage control/Degraded operations
9 Mission criteria and combined missions
   9.1 Overview
   9.2 Mission criteria sets
   9.3 Combined missions
10 Warship operability
   10.1 Background
   10.2 Mission scenario
   10.3 Operational areas
   10.4 Long term wind and wave climate
   10.5 Ship speed and course
   10.6 Predictions of short term responses
   10.7 Design assessment
11 Ship design process
   11.1 Background
   11.2 Benefits of enhanced seakeeping performance
   11.3 Design requirements
   11.4 Design phases
12 Example for a monohull
   12.1 Overview
   12.2 Design requirements
   12.3 Example ship
   12.4 Environment
   12.5 Prediction methods
   12.6 Seakeeping criteria
   12.7 Summary of design point analysis
   12.8 Summary of operability assessments example
   12.9 Discussion of results
Annex A - Major seakeeping design parameters
Annex B - Future of seakeeping in ship design
Annex C - Seakeeping predictions programs
Annex D - Definitions and acronyms
Annex E - References