President Donald Trump announced Tuesday the construction of the largest new shipyard in the United States since World War II, to be located at Sparrows Point in Maryland. The announcement provides the first specific location for the project, which Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had referenced earlier Tuesday without details.
President Trump's announcement at 23:43 Tuesday provides the first concrete details of the massive shipyard project disclosed earlier in the evening by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Hegseth's statement at 23:15 had described the planned facility as the largest American naval construction facility since World War II but gave no location or timeline. Trump's statement specifies Sparrows Point, Maryland, a historic shipbuilding site on the Chesapeake Bay, as the location. The project is part of the administration's push to expand the U.S. defense industrial base, as The Zioneer previously reported in coverage of Trump's broader infrastructure and defense initiatives.
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