Why contractors replaced shipboard workshop capacity

Why did ships lose their onboard workshop capacity?

Contractor support in each port was supposed to be cheaper, a saving the discussion questions in light of growing support costs.

The stated rationale for removing workshop capacity was that private contractors could provide support more cheaply in each port. That promised saving is challenged in the preceding account of increasingly expensive contractor dependence. Returning repair space and equipment to ships would let crews perform more maintenance themselves. The exchange distinguishes a claimed saving at the time of outsourcing from the practical cost of supporting ships wherever they deploy.