After reading a Noahpinion post today on why America has such a lackluster shipbuilding industry. I thought it would be helpful to share this chart to provide some historical context. For most of the 20th century, aside from the world wars, the US was never really one of the major contenders in the industry. It went from Britain for most of the first half. Then to Japan, South Korea and China. The chart is from the article: [https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2014/08/08/ahoy](https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2014/08/08/ahoy)
Jet451 on
We need to repeal the Jones Act and subsidize shipping.
Invade_Deez_Nutz on
We need to start WW3 so the US can dominate ship production again
Razorbacks1995 on
Ugly way to show the data
Sensitive_Oil7146 on
TLDR
Japan + South Korea + China are responsible for a very large proportion of modern day ship building
Everyone else is a small player
This is – and I know this sub will hate to hear this – a major justification for the Jones act. It keeps US shipbuilding alive, which would be crucial in a Naval War
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After reading a Noahpinion post today on why America has such a lackluster shipbuilding industry. I thought it would be helpful to share this chart to provide some historical context. For most of the 20th century, aside from the world wars, the US was never really one of the major contenders in the industry. It went from Britain for most of the first half. Then to Japan, South Korea and China. The chart is from the article: [https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2014/08/08/ahoy](https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2014/08/08/ahoy)
We need to repeal the Jones Act and subsidize shipping.
We need to start WW3 so the US can dominate ship production again
Ugly way to show the data
TLDR
Japan + South Korea + China are responsible for a very large proportion of modern day ship building
Everyone else is a small player
This is – and I know this sub will hate to hear this – a major justification for the Jones act. It keeps US shipbuilding alive, which would be crucial in a Naval War