Campaign shipbuilding capacity is completely overwhelmed even as naval funds grow. More money and fresh designs cannot produce usable ships faster than the available yards can build them. Research spending also follows operational need: an anti-submarine warfare improvement is chosen after a weakness there becomes apparent. The watch point connects procurement ambition to dockyard bottlenecks and an identified shortfall.
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When fleet demand outruns shipyard capacity
An overloaded construction program forces attention to industrial capacity and research priorities, including anti-submarine warfare.