Editorial: Additional dry dock will boost regional shipbuilding at critical time

Editorial: Additional dry dock will boost regional shipbuilding at critical time

The announcement by Colonna’s Shipyard in Norfolk that it will spend more than $79 million on a fourth dry dock should give a needed boost to efforts to strengthen and modernize the struggling American shipbuilding industry. The news comes after increasing pressure in Washington this year to do something about the disturbingly slow pace of building and repairing ships, particularly Navy warships. Members of Congress representing the commonwealth…