Interpreting northeast warship-building heritage

How should a proposed northeast shipbuilding museum represent the region's enormous contribution to warship construction?

The project deserves support, although strong surviving identities around individual yards will make any account of relative importance politically sensitive.

The proposed museum deserves a chance to develop its own interpretation before outsiders prescribe one. Its hardest problem may be the strong identities that still surround individual northeast shipyards. Each community has its own view of which yard mattered most and why. The answer therefore reserves judgment on the eventual display while welcoming the project and offering help.