That is an important point. And here is another one which must be taken into account. Every civilian employee working at every shipyard in the western Pacific will be working under threat of attack. Pearl Harbor for example. Except if your shipyard is itself a ship, there is no place to hide.
Civilian shipyard workers whose place of employment is an MNS must be willing to accept the risks of working aboard such a vessel, for which they will be compensated accordingly.
This kind of issue, and some number of others, must be taken into account when comparing the benefits of employing the MNS as a true naval shipyard as opposed to employing it as a very capable forward operations support tender.
One blind spot… our shipyard trades are civilians. Your plan doesn’t take into account the massive numbers of yard birds and civilian trades.
That is an important point. And here is another one which must be taken into account. Every civilian employee working at every shipyard in the western Pacific will be working under threat of attack. Pearl Harbor for example. Except if your shipyard is itself a ship, there is no place to hide.
Civilian shipyard workers whose place of employment is an MNS must be willing to accept the risks of working aboard such a vessel, for which they will be compensated accordingly.
This kind of issue, and some number of others, must be taken into account when comparing the benefits of employing the MNS as a true naval shipyard as opposed to employing it as a very capable forward operations support tender.