Clarke's shipyard research suggests that Buddhist-owned yards received little naval work. Some mainly worked in wood, while others already built turbine-powered merchant ships and passenger liners. In his account, orders for the latter began only after the Second World War was well under way for Japan, chiefly for small vessels. He judges that some could have built cruisers, destroyers and aircraft carriers, leaving substantial capacity underused.
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Buddhist-owned shipyards and naval contracts
A personal research finding suggests that naval contracting overlooked some Buddhist-owned yards capable of advanced shipbuilding.