In the short term, Congress is pushing the Navy to buy more Flight IIIs with defense policy bills in the Senate and House for an up to 15-hull, five-year contract that would extend the class to a total of 104 ships.

At that rate, the shipyards would need to produce three hulls a year, a number Gilday said the industrial base couldn’t meet now.

“Right now, we’re not at a point where the industrial base can support three destroyers a year. They’re somewhere at two, two and a half,” he said.

Gilday pointed to an overall strain in the industrial base for shipbuilding as the limiting factor.

“It’s across the board,” he said.
“We’ve seen challenges with the industrial base, producing submarines on time, on schedule, and within budget. Same thing with aircraft carriers — destroyers are coming around but we still have some work to do. We’re seeing challenges… whether it’s shipbuilding, whether it’s aircraft production, the defense industrial base right now is strained. And a lot of that has to do with the workforce, as we recover from COVID.”


미 의회는 알벜 플라이트3 15척을 5년에 걸쳐서 건조하라고 요구 중인데

미 해참총장 말에 따르면 현재 미국의 조선업은 미 의회가 요구한 1년 구축함 3척을 감당할 수 없는 상태임. 

1년에 구축함 2척~2척 반 언저리가 미국 조선업이 미 해군에 조달할 수 있는 최대치라고


1980년대 후반 알벜급 플1 6척을 동시 진수하던 미국 조선업은 40년도 채 가지 못하고 온데간데 없어졌음

짱개가 052DL, 055를 현재 확인된 것만 5척, 기타 함정까지 포괄하면 15척을 동시에 찍고 있다는 걸 생각하면 아주 심각한 상황임

조선업 자체의 구조적인 문제라 단기간에 해결되지도 않을거고

2차대전때 미친듯이 배 찍어내던 미국이 더 이상 아니다