Originally Posted by Excargodog

That’s a fools logic, proven by the fact that we had far more US flagged ships in commerce before the Act was passed in 1920 than we do now.

You might, I suppose, argue that we are losing ships and major shipyards more slowly than we otherwise would, but you can hardly argue that the Jones Act has been successful at maintaining the number of US flagged vessels or major US shipyards.