Japan's Type C and Type D programmes provide the starting point for a final counterfactual. Britain, the United States, other Allies and the Soviet Union are imagined choosing to retain small-ship prefabrication skills after World War II. The suggested size is about 1,000 tons or less. The effects on the Cold War and later navies remain an open question, without a developed answer.
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What if small-ship prefabrication had been retained after 1945?
The closing prompt asks how retaining mass-production skills for ships of 1,000 tons or less would have affected the Cold War and later navies.