How liner competition built naval infrastructure

Did American and European liner competition before the First World War affect naval infrastructure?

Yes; speed prizes encouraged technical and dock investment, with the Normandie dock becoming a major wartime naval objective.

The Blue Riband rewarded fast North Atlantic crossings and encouraged investment in ships and supporting infrastructure. The United States took part in that competition alongside European countries. Saint-Nazaire's Normandie dock provides the concrete naval connection. It was built to accommodate the great liner Normandie, then became the objective of a wartime raid.