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U.S. seeks to revive idled shipyards with help of Japan, South Korea

Navy secretary visits Hyundai, Hanwha and Mitsubishi to invite investment

The 1,000-ton deckhouse of a destroyer at General Dynamics' Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. The company is one of seven shipbuilders to construct naval ships in the U.S. today. (U.S. Navy photo)

WASHINGTON -- Struggling to keep up with China's naval shipbuilding spree, the U.S. is looking to reopen closed or inactive American shipyards with the help of Asian capital, engineers and shipbuilding expertise.

Last week, Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro visited two shipyards in South Korea and one in Japan, pitching at each stop the idea of joining projects to revive dormant shipyards in the U.S.

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