Suggested changes received via email   Hi all  The following proposed changes were received via email to OTRS I submit them to the talk page for consideration and adaptation by anyone who is interested in the subject matter  Nathan  Sonenshein  August April   was a rear admiral in the United States Navy A native of Lodi New Jersey Sonenshein began his fourdecade naval career by attending and receiving a commission from the US Naval Academy in  In  he was head of the Navys Bureau of Ships just before it became the Naval Ship Systems Command   His thirtysix year career in the Navy spanned an era that began on the eve of World War II and lasted into the seventies  He was decorated for distinguished performance as Chief Engineer of a carrier during the Korean War Later assignments in the Bureau of Ships included that of Director of Ship Design After selection to Flag rank he was chosen as one of the Navys first Project Managers This project led the design of the Fast Deployment Logistics ship which portended todays Rapid Deployment Force In its design Admiral Sonenshein successfully pioneered a new approach which quantified for the first time top level mission requirements and translated them into ship design parameters to achieve the optimum functional performance  At the peak of hostilities in Southeast Asia a period marked by tremendous strain on material personnel and time resources Admiral Sonenshein was selected to be Commander Naval Ship Systems Command  After his retirement in  Sonenshein lived in Fairfax Virginia He moved to Moraga California less than a decade later and became assistant to the president of Global Marine Development Inc in Newport Beach California In  he received the American Society of Naval Engineers Harold E Saunders Award which honors an individual whose reputation in naval engineering spans a long career of notable achievement and influence In  he was a member of the Marine Board of the Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems of the National Research Council During his tenure the board produced a report Criteria for the Depths of Dredged Navigational Channels  On July   he was appointed by President Ronald Reagan to a twoyear term as one of eight members of the National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere The Reagan Administrations choices for the panel membership drew criticism from environmentalists who noted that it included no atmospheric scientists  One of the committees more controversial reports during his tenure suggested that US shipyards be allowed to go out of business rather than be propped up by government subsidy The report released July   concluded that the countrys shipyard capacity is considerably greater than would be required in a major conventional war Using classified Pentagon studies the report concluded that shipyards could expand production by   to six times providing all the new ships that would be needed Look at England in the Falklands Sonenshein told the Washington Post In less than two months they were able to modify and convert some  of their merchant ships that were then used for naval operationsSure its always better to have more shipyards and more merchant ships to give you a margin of safety But the hard question is are you going to pay for it I wouldnt pay for any more than we now have   Sonenshein died at Kaiser Permanente in San Rafael California aged  He was buried at Oakmont Cemetery in Lafayette California  He is survived by a daughter Carol Sonenshein Manashil a son William Sonenshein and three grandchildren Sarah Irving Thomas Allen King and Elizabeth Manashil  Regards