American Shipbuilding has been declining for a years. Over regulation and non-competitiveness combined with the decline of Domestic Industry. Particularly of the Heavy Industrial Variety. IE Steel and Metal processing. Further cratered demand.
It was front page news a year ago that they built and launched a New American made Great Lakes Freighter. First in probably close to 40-50 years. When in the industrial heyday. They were launching a couple every few months. To keep up with both demand and replacing losses due to the at times treacherous weather of the Lakes.
Not to mention the Navy slashed its size. And despite noise to the contrary. Doesn’t appear to be taking many steps towards actually increasing the size of the Navy. If anything it’s actually shrinking.
American Shipbuilding has been declining for a years. Over regulation and non-competitiveness combined with the decline of Domestic Industry. Particularly of the Heavy Industrial Variety. IE Steel and Metal processing. Further cratered demand.
It was front page news a year ago that they built and launched a New American made Great Lakes Freighter. First in probably close to 40-50 years. When in the industrial heyday. They were launching a couple every few months. To keep up with both demand and replacing losses due to the at times treacherous weather of the Lakes.
Not to mention the Navy slashed its size. And despite noise to the contrary. Doesn’t appear to be taking many steps towards actually increasing the size of the Navy. If anything it’s actually shrinking.