I guess that is why Maine had to import all those Somalis.
College kids don’t want to work that hard. Ship building (warships) ain’t for sissies. A good training program, hard work, learning to weld, or being a millwright could give a youngster a great start. A good vocational training wouldn’t leave a youngster in six figure debt either. IMO
My father worked at BIW prior to joining the Navy during WWII.
I am in the ship repair business. I won’t say that this isn’t about additional Navy construction, but I will tell you that the average age of our core employees is about 60 years old. I’m not kidding. We’ve speculated that all things being equal the U.S. maritime industry will be dead within 20 years. Young people are not replacing the old. We are already experiencing a severe knowledge gap due to our employees retiring or dying.