US Navy and Coast Guard Shipbuilding in Disarray and No US Commercial Shipbuilding

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What's Going on with US Shipbuilding? July 20, 2025 In this episode, Sal Mercogliano — a maritime historian at Campbell University (@campbelledu) and former merchant mariner — discusses the current state of US shipbuilding and what is going on with the attempted US Shipping Revival. #shipbuilding #USNavy #merchantmarine #shipping #coastguard #shipsact 00:00 How Screwed Up is U.S. Shipbuilding? 04:32 Breaking Down U.S. Shipbuilding 11:38 GAO Reports on U.S. Shipbuilding 17:10 What Needs to Happen Support What's Going on With Shipping via: Patreon: www.patreon.com/wgowshipping Twitter: @mercoglianos Bluesky: @mercoglianos.bsky.social Facebook: @wgowshipping Email: [email protected] China’s Shipbuilding Market Share Plummets as U.S. Port Fees Loom https://gcaptain.com/chinas-shipbuilding-market-share-plummets-as-ustr-port-fees-loom/ Trump’s Shipbuilding Push Falters as NSC Maritime Office Gutted https://gcaptain.com/trump-nsc-shipbuilding-office-shakeup/ White House Shipbuilding Effort Moves to Office of Management and Budget https://news.usni.org/2025/07/18/white-house-shipbuilding-effort-moves-to-office-of-management-and-budget Pentagon Calls Shipbuilding a Top Priority, But Congress Says Budget Falls Short https://gcaptain.com/pentagon-calls-shipbuilding-a-top-priority-but-congress-says-budget-falls-short/ FY 2026 Budget: Future of F/A-XX, Frigate Unclear; $47.2B Shipbuilding Budget Split Between Base Request, Reconciliation https://news.usni.org/2025/06/26/fy-2026-budget-future-of-f-a-xx-frigate-unclear-47-2b-shipbuilding-budget-split-between-base-request-reconciliation Carrier John F. Kennedy Delivery Delayed 2 Years, Fleet Will Drop to 10 Carriers For 1 Year https://news.usni.org/2025/07/07/carrier-john-f-kennedy-delivery-delayed-2-years-fleet-will-drop-to-10-carriers-for-1-year Big Deck Amphibs Bougainville, Fallujah Delayed, Budget Docs Say https://news.usni.org/2025/07/09/big-deck-amphibs-bougainville-fallujah-delayed-budget-docs-say Trump Admin Cancels Offshore Patrol Cutters at Eastern Shipbuilding Over Delays and Rising Costs https://gcaptain.com/trump-admin-cancels-offshore-patrol-cutters-at-eastern-shipbuilding-over-delays-and-rising-costs/ Ingalls, Coast Guard Scrap 11th National Security Cutter Over Contract Impasse, Says HII https://news.usni.org/2025/06/05/ingalls-coast-guard-scrap-11th-national-security-cutter-over-contract-impasse-says-hii U.S. to Partner with Canada and Finland to Fix Icebreaker Program and Shipbuilding https://gcaptain.com/u-s-to-partner-with-canada-and-finland-to-fix-icebreaker-program-and-shipbuilding/ GAO Report Reveals Critical Gaps in Maritime Administration’s Shipbuilding Support Programs https://gcaptain.com/gao-report-reveals-critical-gaps-in-maritime-administrations-shipbuilding-support-programs/ GAO Report on Naval Shipbuilding, Ship Repair https://news.usni.org/2025/03/04/gao-report-on-naval-shipbuilding-ship-repair GAO Report on Surface Ship Maintenance https://news.usni.org/2025/02/11/gao-report-on-surface-ship-maintenance GAO: Navy ‘Wasted’ $1.84 Billion in Repairs to Cruisers Cut from the Fleet https://news.usni.org/2024/12/17/gao-navy-wasted-1-84-billion-in-repairs-to-cruisers-cut-from-the-fleet ‘Poor Material Condition’ of Navy Amphib Fleet Prevents Marine Deployments, Training, Says GAO https://news.usni.org/2024/12/03/poor-material-condition-of-navy-amphib-fleet-prevents-marine-deployments-training-says-gao HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding Furloughs 471 Shipbuilders https://news.usni.org/2025/05/30/hiis-newport-news-shipbuilding-furloughs-471-shipbuilders Report: Hanwha Moves to Reflag Korean-Built LNG Carriers Under U.S. Flag https://gcaptain.com/report-hanwha-moves-to-reflag-korean-built-lng-carriers-under-u-s-flag/ U.S.-Built ECO Liberty Ushers in New Era for American Offshore Wind Vessels https://gcaptain.com/u-s-built-eco-liberty-ushers-in-new-era-for-american-offshore-wind-vessels/ A Modern Maritime Service Can Deliver What the Nation Needs https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2025/july/modern-maritime-service-can-deliver-what-nation-needs Jason Potter https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonpotter/ How China Became the World’s Biggest Shipbuilder https://www.construction-physics.com/p/how-china-became-the-worlds-biggest