I was in the business. Twenty years in ship repair and new construction. We were most recently bought out by a scrapper who had plans to scrap big ships. I’m not there anymore, but now there other plans for the facility.
https://www.marinelog.com/news/expanding-into-steel-austal-usa-buys-additional-land-and-dry-dock/
Just thought out might be interested.
That was of interest to me.
I would rather it was an American outfit, but the Australians are not our enemies. -Tom