2002 Industry Studies: Shipbuilding

Abstract

The United States produces the best military warships in the world but remains uncompetitive in the production of large commercial vessels. As a maritime nation, continued preeminence in military warship construction is an essential element of the National Security Strategy. The lack of a viable commercial shipbuilding industry does not directly impact the National Security Strategy. However, the cost of maintaining excess military shipbuilding and repair capacity and the costs associated with maintaining a non-competitive commercial shipbuilding industry do impose increasingly high opportunity costs on national security resources.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA425303

Entities

Organizations

  • Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Attack Submarines
  • Boats
  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Information Systems
  • Management Personnel
  • Manufacturing
  • Marine Engineering
  • Marine Transportation
  • National Security
  • Naval Architecture
  • Naval Operations
  • Navy
  • Shipbuilding
  • United States

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design