Japan and the Birth of Modern Shipbuilding

Re:Japan and the Birth of Modern Shipbuilding by dumdedum123 on Friday May 23, 2025 @06:49PM (#44077294)

That's an interesting take. I read the article and it sounds like the US invented modern shipbuilding during WW2, and the Japanese just copied it and ran with it. But ok.

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Re:Japan and the Birth of Modern Shipbuilding by hbarka on Friday May 23, 2025 @07:15PM (#44077449)

Have you not heard of the Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905)? It’s quite famous with historic naval battles and modern battleships. But ok.

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Re:Japan and the Birth of Modern Shipbuilding by dumdedum123 on Friday May 23, 2025 @07:24PM (#44077513)

I'm just going off the article. Did you read it?

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Re:Japan and the Birth of Modern Shipbuilding by ahazred8ta on Saturday May 24, 2025 @03:23AM (#44079393)

Japan had modern steel battleships in 1904. Dumdedum123 is talking about modern post-1930s shipBUILDING techniques involving prefab subassemblies.

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Re:Japan and the Birth of Modern Shipbuilding by barry-cotter on Friday May 23, 2025 @08:22PM (#44077815)

Same things with statistical process management and quality control.

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Re:Japan and the Birth of Modern Shipbuilding by bluGill on Friday May 23, 2025 @09:37PM (#44078134)

The us invented modern management in wwii - but it was perfected in japan after the war. Ships were built all over to old management processes but modern management made a big difference in cost, time, and quaity.

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