The cost of larger treaty warships also buys industrial capacity. More expensive construction can keep yards active and preserve the ability to expand output when war begins. A later question suggests that closing American yards and shifting orders elsewhere contributed to cost overruns and a skilled-workforce drain, an argument treated as credible in the discussion. Together the passages show why procurement decisions shape today's fleet and the industrial options available to tomorrow's navy.
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Fleet construction policy also preserves shipyard capacity and skills
Larger peacetime ship programs cost more per hull, but they also sustain the yards and skilled labor a navy needs when war expands demand.