Shipbuilding
What the New Secretary of the Navy Wants
John Phelan’s tenure as Secretary of the Navy is likely to be one of the most important in recent history.
America Needs a Strategy Against China’s Manufacturing Dominance
As it attempts to strengthen its industrial capacity against China, the United States must reassess the fundamentals of its economic policies and take a long view of its national interests.
Trump Wants to Fix American Shipbuilding. It Won’t Be Easy
If U.S. shipbuilding shortfalls are not rectified soon, America may not be able to maintain the superior fleets it has enjoyed for many years.
The SHIPS Act: Domestic Shipbuilding With a Foreign Ally
On December 19, 2024, a bipartisan coalition introduced the Shipbuilding and Harbor Infrastructure for Prosperity and Security for America Act (SHIPS Act) to Congress. The Act aims to strengthen domestic...
America Needs to Make More Ships. Here’s One Unconventional Way It Can.
There simply are not enough young people going to work in America’s shipyards. Could legal immigrants fill in for them?
From CHIPS to Ships: The Next Step in the U.S.-ROK Alliance
The Chinese Naval fleet has become the world’s largest, threatening the U.S. maritime dominance and unrestricted freedom of navigation in East Asia and the South China Sea. Although the U.S....
Turkey Is On a Shipbuilding Spree
Turkey continues its long march to becoming a major world power. It has made decisive geopolitical moves to enhance its position relative to those of its rivals in the Middle East,...
The 21st Century U.S. Navy Might Be Built in South Korea
While a future United States Navy warship probably won’t prominently feature a stamp that says “Made in South Korea”—or perhaps even “Made in Japan”—such notions aren’t really all that farfetched....
The Navy’s Constellation-Class Mess Is Only Beginning
President-Elect Donald J. Trump may have been paying attention to our reporting here at The National Interest, as I have been banging the drum about the ongoing excesses and failures of the United States...
Why Is the Virginia-Class So Behind?
The United States of America’s once-vaunted shipbuilding capacity, especially in submarines, has, if you’ll pardon a pessimistic expression, hit some rough seas. As Yours Truly recently reported for The National...
How to Revive U.S. Seapower
For most of the twentieth century, the United States was the world’s preeminent maritime power, having surpassed Great Britain’s Royal Navy during World War II. In the aftermath of that...
The Navy’s Constellation-Class Frigate Nightmare Is Just Very Real
The U.S. Navy’s upcoming Constellation-class frigate will likely be delayed by three years. The Constellation (FFG-62) might not be delivered to the fleet until 2029. This news was publicized as part of...