The United States shipbuilding industry finds itself at a critical juncture in 2025, scrambling to respond to an unprecedented challenge from China while simultaneously attempting to rebuild its own severely diminished capabilities.
The numbers tell a stark story: America produces just 3-5 ships annually compared to China’s staggering 1,700, a disparity so vast that industry experts have declared ship-to-ship competition unrealistic.
In 2024 alone, one Chinese shipbuilder constructed more commercial vessels by tonnage than the entire US shipbuilding industry has built since the end of World War II.
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