there are multiple (known) scandals over recent us naval ship quality: > cheap chink steel   ist-admits-to-falsifying-navy-subma rine-steel-strength-test-results-fo r-36-years > faulty welding & qa (op's article) > faulty designs   oast-guard-face-rising-tide-issues- shipbuilding > we found that the navy made a key misstep by not completing design of the frigate before beginning construction bottom-line, the us navy is all sorts of fucked up, from recruiting to training, leadership, ship design & building, and logistics (they cut down on logistics/re-fueling ships and now have nowhere near enough to operate in an actual war, and even if they had enough ships they don't have enough sailors to man them).
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