Flight III.

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Arsenal of Democracy gone long time ago!

Thirty-one knot Burke of World War Two fame would not be pleased!

"US shipyards can’t build destroyers fast enough; can’t even build 2 a year, official says"

From https://americanmilitarynews.com | Liz Lawrence | MAY 02, 2023.         

"U.S. shipyards cannot build destroyers fast enough to meet Congress’ push for three Arleigh Burke-class Flight III warships each year, according to a top Pentagon official."

"Defense Department comptroller Mike McCord told United States Naval Institute News that shipyards can’t even produce two warships a year, making Congress’ request for three unrealistic."

Within context and also contrasting the outstanding war effort of American industrial capacity that ability to produce military cargo ships of the Liberty class.

"Liberty ships were a class of cargo ship built in the United States during World War II under the Emergency Shipbuilding Program. Though British in concept, the design was adopted by the United States for its simple, low-cost construction. Mass-produced on an unprecedented scale, the Liberty ship came to symbolize U.S. wartime industrial output."

"The class was developed to meet British orders for transports to replace ships that had been lost. Eighteen American shipyards built 2,710 Liberty ships between 1941 and 1945 (an average of three ships every two days), easily the largest number of ships ever produced to a single design."

UNPRECEDENTED MASS PRODUCTION, THREE SHIPS EVERY TWO DAYS LAUNCHED!!

And never going to occur again rather obviously! See previous blog entry as also relevant.

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