— The U.S. Navy is considering frigate designs from Japan, South Korea and Türkiye to expand the fleet faster and at lower cost, USNI reports.Potential candidates include Japan’s Mogami-class, South Korea’s Chungnam-class and Türkiye’s Istanbul-class.
Under a possible “Finland model,” the first one or two ships could be built in foreign shipyards before production moves to U.S. yards, potentially breaking with more than a century of domestic-only naval construction.
