{"id":141797,"date":"2026-09-03T11:19:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T11:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/141797\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T11:19:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T11:19:11","slug":"us-looks-to-warship-designs-from-japan-south-korea-and-turkey-reports-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/141797\/","title":{"rendered":"US looks to warship designs from Japan, South Korea and Turkey, reports say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington is considering using Japanese, <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/week-asia\/economics\/article\/3364203\/south-korean-shipbuilders-first-benefit-trumps-plan-keep-us-navy-afloat?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">South Korean<\/a> or Turkish frigate designs to expand the country\u2019s naval fleet as the American shipbuilding industry struggles to meet demand, according to US media reports.The move comes after President <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/donald-trump?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> signed a National Security Presidential Memorandum on August 13 calling for the use of foreign shipbuilding capacity and investment.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">However, the plan is likely to face strong opposition in Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Potential contenders for the <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/us-navy?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">US Navy<\/a>\u2019s new guided-missile frigate include Japan\u2019s Mogami-class, South Korea\u2019s Chungnam-class and Turkey\u2019s Istanbul-class, USNI News reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cThe president has directed the navy to aggressively increase domestic shipbuilding capacity, including leveraging the proven shipbuilding skills and industrial expertise of our allies,\u201d US Navy spokesman Ron Flanders was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"US President Donald Trump\u2019s memorandum said it was \u201cin the national security interest\u201d to allow foreign shipbuilding capacity and investment. Photo: Reuters\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/dbe92b0c-0dfe-430d-b144-25651501073e_bd99dc19.jpg\" title=\"US President Donald Trump\u2019s memorandum said it was \u201cin the national security interest\u201d to allow foreign shipbuilding capacity and investment. Photo: Reuters\"\/>US President Donald Trump\u2019s memorandum said it was \u201cin the national security interest\u201d to allow foreign shipbuilding capacity and investment. Photo: Reuters<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">According to the report, the cooperation could follow the \u201cFinland model\u201d. That would see foreign shipbuilders constructing the first two hulls and investing in US facilities, workforce, technologies and supply chains before production is transferred to American shipyards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Washington is considering using Japanese, South Korean or Turkish frigate designs to expand the country\u2019s naval fleet as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":141798,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[39752,2198,54237,11243,71995,74,61427,373,71997,890,171,71996,8015,71998,33,21003],"class_list":["post-141797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-korea","tag-ankara","tag-australia","tag-chungnam-class","tag-congress","tag-constellation-class-frigate-programme","tag-donald-trump","tag-finland-model","tag-hanwha-ocean","tag-istanbul-class","tag-japan","tag-korean","tag-mogami-class","tag-nato","tag-recep-tayyip-erdogan","tag-south-korea","tag-turkey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}