We need ships now. Partner with Korea and the Norwegians. Subsidize them to start there and here. The next war isn’t going to allow an industrial scale up like WW2. We will win or lose based on the assets at hand.
Blame Free Traitors™. If we have a war of attrition and can't make good on loses hunt down a Free Traitor™ and, you know what to do.
For the Arctic, partner with Finland which builds state of the art icebreakers faster & cheaper than anyone.
We also need more steel plants to make the steel needed for such a major ship building expansion, and relearn how to make hardened [ armored ] steel.
I interviewed for an engineering position at GD at the Bath shipyard in Maine. The pay was laughable. I didn’t accept their offer...