Why Is The US Navy Taking So Long To Build Aircraft Carriers?

Why Is The US Navy Taking So Long To Build Aircraft Carriers?

Thanks to footage:
HII Newport News Shipbuilding

[jimfrazier]

The USN can afford to take their time, because they still have 10 Nimitz-class nuclear supercarriers, each of which is significantly more powerful than any other carrier on the planet. They simply don't have the personnel to crew more than 11 carriers at non-wartime manning levels.

[miguelrivas]

U.S.S. Doris Miller, a well deserved name on an aircraft carrier. That sailor did his part on Dec. 7, truly an honor.

[RoniCarbine]

Quantity can be its own Quality. This was the approach the US had in WW2 with tanks and it worked.

[andreilopez]

The more longer building an aircraft carrier by us is more high quality sufficient and proven not only on war but in strength and power ❤

[nintendoandwowsblitz]

better to have quality over quantity first, as you slowly start to build up quantity.

[SladeMacGregor]

During the 1970's and '80's, Washington politicians decided to phase out ship building on a massive scale. Men with decades of valuable skills in ship building vanished. These highly skilled shipbuilders cannot be replaced over night. The San Francisco Bay area use to team with shipbuilding; now it is all gone. Vanished into history. Even if the shipyard was to hire a new person, it can take at least ten years working around ships before the new hire can become proficient. Now there maybe one or two yards that can build a complex aircraft carrier that meets Navy standards. So, if any Navy Aircraft Carrier sinks, it cannot be replaced quickly.

[Danstrous]

Better to have quality, rather than quantity

[paulho]

800 billion military budget first in the world, that is the combined total of the spending from 2nd to the 8th in the world.

[robertrada]

Made in U.S.A is so advance and durable, means they build the carrier for long hours and more expensive..

[GVBiggs]

They are also built to take a serious pounding without sinking, I don't think the Chinese are. We don't know for sure, but building a fleet in a rapid succession is an earmark that makes me scream out that they won't be able to take a beating and sink easy.

[richardhodges]

You know what is needed to build an aircraft carrier why start building it if you don't have the supplies

[rickymaravilla]

Will there be a Yorktown Saratoga or hornet aircraft carrier again?

[KyleFulford-tu]

Is it Dory Miller? Or Doris Anyhow it's not a Liberty ship people.

[iamdrizz]

Quality over quantity wins every time!

[Saga_keyboard_muncher]

I'm pretty sure it's about the labour being insufficient to meet the needs of the Navy as they also need to maintain their other ships.
Then there's a difference in ideologies, capitalism vs communism.

[kenjaneschuster]

The auto industry forgot this approach. As everything built now is corporate greed.

[TheGhostGuitars]

Take yer time to get the job done right from the beginning. Saves ye a lotta grief later from having to go back a fix a problem buried deep inside yer carrier.

[LordCommander]

So you're suggesting that the Chinese are careless in building their aircraft carriers?

[arunchandrabose]

Simple answer to your questions is that the US Navy doesn't make toys.

[robwyyi]

Delay of delivery and final work up tells you this can’t be sustain at this rate.