Road to 350: What Does the US Navy Do Anyway?

[MIDNJAC]

Not everybody has a Twitter account, so no, I have never interacted with him. With 2 little kids, I am lucky if I have time for ship photo of the day here - although I do make as much time as I can to listen to naval history.

As for the articles, I thought both showed real world issues, and the historical consequences of not having enough logistics.

We have a shipbuilding crisis that accelerated when Reagan and the Republicans got rid of tariffs / subsidies. We have not only lost most of the infrastructure and the workforce, but it appears we no longer have the institutional knowledge of how to build warships at scale. This is reminiscent of the degradation of the German surface fleet from WW1 to WW2.

Do you legitimately think that Trump or his bros want a "workforce" to exist when they are all finished? Serious question.....

 

[AllAmerican75]

Let me restate my position then. Konrad’s content is perfect for someone like you.

Brett, which statement below did Randy make that was inaccurate? Even official Navy sources have acknowledged the issues within our shipbuilding and maritime maintenance infrastructure and workforce. I can tell you from personal experience that these issues exist and that we are working on figuring out how to fix them. I feel like you're shooting the messenger here.

We have a shipbuilding crisis that accelerated when Reagan and the Republicans got rid of tariffs / subsidies. We have not only lost most of the infrastructure and the workforce, but it appears we no longer have the institutional knowledge of how to build warships at scale. This is reminiscent of the degradation of the German surface fleet from WW1 to WW2.

 

[Brett327]

I feel like you're shooting the messenger here.

The messenger that I’m shooting is a bad faith actor. I’m not commenting on the message.

 

[Flash]

Nothing from Konrad can really be considered a “good article.”

From what little I've seen and heard about him he is a bit like Ward Carroll, but with less actual experience and credibility.

We have a shipbuilding crisis that accelerated when Reagan and the Republicans got rid of tariffs / subsidies. We have not only lost most of the infrastructure and the workforce, but it appears we no longer have the institutional knowledge of how to build warships at scale. This is reminiscent of the degradation of the German surface fleet from WW1 to WW2.

I am not sure you can lay all the blame of our shipbuilding industry at a lack of subsidies and tariffs, foreign shipyards have been building first-class products at much less cost for decades now. While there is likely some need for government assistance a company that relies primarily on something like that often does not produce the best product.

And while our shipbuilding industry needs help I wouldn't say we've forgotten to build warships to scale, as DDG's and SSN's continue to be built at a decent rate. I think many of the issues with the FFG's seem to be with the Navy and not the shipbuilder, though from what I've seen they do have issues as well.

 

[taxi1]

I feel like you're shooting the messenger here.

You can't shoot feelings