Why the U.S. can't build icebreaking ships

Re:Why the U.S. can't build icebreaking ships by joshuacc on Thursday September 26, 2024 @06:26PM (#41664188)

This article covers a lot of the history. https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/why-cant-the-us-build-ships

Basically the US wasn’t great at shipbuilding post civil war due to high costs. WWII was an existential threat so cost was no object, and we coasted on that capacity for a long time.

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Re:Why the U.S. can't build icebreaking ships by allturtles on Friday September 27, 2024 @09:51AM (#41670458)

Thanks for the link. That article doesn't really support the GP's contention that the Jones Act is the root cause of the U.S.' shipbuilding failures.

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