Could Kaiser-style building methods speed warship construction?

Could Kaiser Shipyard methods have been applied to combatants?

Yes, especially to selected construction stages, but not as a direct whole-build transplant because armoured warships impose different integration problems.

Kaiser-style techniques could accelerate particular stages of destroyer, cruiser, carrier, or capital-ship construction. They could not be transferred unchanged to the whole build because armour and other systems impose different assembly and integration problems. Selective use would resemble later warship-construction practice, in which suitable sections or processes are standardized while other work remains specialized. Mass production is a collection of methods rather than a single recipe for every hull.