CAVASSHIPS Podcast [Oct 05, ’24] Ep: 163 Repairing Ship Repair w/ BAE's Paul Smith

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…the commercial ship repair business is a major key to keeping the US Navy’s ships in fighting trim but – like just about everything -- it is rife with problems and issues. Paul Smith, head of ship repair at one of the Navy’s largest commercial repair yards, BAE Systems, is back with us to key in on the difficulties and issues surrounding the repair of US Navy ships. Please send us feedback by DM’ing @CavasShips or @CSSProvision or you can email [email protected] or [email protected].