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by WorldMaker
1341 days ago
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That original "impetus" also changed dramatically due to technology shifts in the very next war after the Jones Act was enacted: naval combat shifted in World War II dramatically towards the favor of aircraft carriers and submarines. A merchant marine fleet doesn't need submarines (they don't have much cargo room, do they?) and maybe there's some crazy way that an aircraft carrier deck could double as a modern shipping container deck, but why go to all that expense? The last war that merchant marines truly mattered to war was World War I and "iconic" moments like the merchant fleet at Dunkirk. |
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