WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Sen. Angus King issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME) raised concerns over the possibility that the Navy is considering manufacturing ships outside of the United States. In a Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) hearing including Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao, King advocated for maintaining America's domestic shipbuilding industry and resisted any efforts to build vessels outside of the country.
The hearing comes after former Secretary of the Navy John Phelan told reporters (https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2026/04/22/navy-going-to-study-possibility-of-building-ships-outside-us-phelan-says/) last month that the U.S. Navy may utilize foreign partners to manufacture new wa...