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hack89

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18. The US used to subsidize commercial shipbuilding until 1981

Reply to GaribaldiB5 (Reply #9)

Mon Jun 3, 2013, 09:26 AM

Jun 2013

prior to then, US yards averaged 20 commercial ships a year. When the government subsidies ended so did commercial ship building. All those other shipbuilding countries still subsidize their ship building industries.

http://www.marinelink.com/article/shipbuilding/the-future-american-shipbuilding-805

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