[brixon]

It is worth a study since the trees needed for ships (hard woods) is very different than trees needed for construction/paper (soft woods). Pine trees grow fast and can be harvested while relatively young and weak. Trees for ships tend to be older and stronger hard woods that take much longer to grow.

[hinkley]

As I understand it, paper doesn't care how tight grained the wood pulp was. Wooden beams meant for longevity or load bearing very much do, and a lot of the best ones are hardwood (deciduous), or the cypress family (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cupressaceae) many of which are slow growing but very long-lived.