Why does the US need a new shipyard?

Mon Mar 31 2025

Bipartisan policymakers, defense experts, and maritime industry veterans agree that America’s shipbuilding capacity is a national security imperative. After decades of decline, our commercial and naval shipyards have been outpaced by our adversaries—most notably the Chinese Communist Party, whose industrial capacity now dwarfs our own.

Shipyards in the United States built just five ships in 2024 compared to over 250 constructed in China. With aging fleets, outdated infrastructure, and shrinking industrial capacity, the time for incremental change has passed. We must reestablish domestic production at scale—now.

To read more, you can review the reports linked in the National imperative section this website.

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