Admiral King confronts slow shipbuilding

If Admiral King returned with authority over the US and Royal navies, whom would he challenge first?

The counterfactual imagines him questioning builders, then confronting officials responsible for incentives portrayed as rewarding slow construction.

The imagined King questions submarine and surface-ship builders about their pace. The scenario shifts responsibility towards whoever established payment arrangements said to reward delay. His next confrontation would be with those responsible for procurement. This is a hypothetical expression of criticism, not an account of King's actual conduct or evidence establishing current payment incentives.