[Partisan Gunslinger]

Show me some evidence that the South had any resources or skilled artisans to build ships. :-)

They started building them during the war, why not 33 years earlier, could've saved 600,000 lives according to your theory.

[Georgia Girl 2]

“They started building them during the war, why not 33 years earlier, could’ve saved 600,000 lives according to your theory.”

They don’t teach you about that until 10th grade. :-)