From Yard to Fleet: How South Korea Can Strengthen US Shipbuilding

Korea's shipbuilding strength suits filling US gaps in frigates and auxiliaries, not carriers, amid political and legal friction over foreign-built warships.

• South Korea's shipbuilding edge: Decades of path dependency since the 1970s oil-crisis timing gave Korea a trained workforce, tightly integrated local supply chains, and leadership in high-value LNG carriers.
• US Navy's structural problem: The US has large naval shipbuilding infrastructure but almost no commercial base, the reverse of Japan, Korea, and China, driving chronic delays and cost overruns per GAO/CRS reports.

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