Thursday, October 15, 2026
Good news about America: Thursday, October 15, 2026
From American history
In 1940, Henry J. Kaiser had built dams and bridges—but never a ship. America needed cargo vessels yesterday, so he borrowed Detroit's playbook: prefabricated sections, welded instead of riveted, and assembly-line speed. Traditional yards took about 230 days to raise a freighter. Kaiser's crews cut that to weeks. In November 1942, one Richmond, California yard delivered the Liberty ship Robert E. Peary in four days and 15½ hours. Between 1941 and 1945, American yards using those methods launched 2,751 Liberty ships—the largest class of ships ever built. They weren't pretty. Roosevelt called one a dreadful looking object. They just kept the free world supplied. When America needs more ships, it still remembers how to build them fast.
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1. Chips made in America: GlobalFoundries tapped to run two new New York fabs backed by up to $21 billion
Original title: “GlobalFoundries selected to operate two new semiconductor fabs in New York under landmark U.S.-Japan initiative”
GlobalFoundries will operate two new 300mm fabs at its Malta, N.Y., site under a U.S.-Japan plan with up to $21B in Japanese funding. The project targets 27,000 construction jobs and 1,000+ manufacturing jobs.
2. Sparrows Point rises again: Anduril plans a $3.7B shipyard to feed America's Virginia-class submarines
Original title: “State of Maryland, Baltimore County Announce Anduril Industries to Invest $3.7B, Create Over 3,100 Jobs with New Shipbuilding Facility”
Anduril plans Arsenal-2 at Tradepoint Atlantic in Baltimore County: a $3.7B private investment and 3,100+ jobs building Virginia-class submarine components. County incentives advanced at an Oct. 13 hearing.
3. Built in Virginia: a hometown engineering firm adds nearly 2,000 manufacturing jobs in Caroline County
Original title: “M.C. Dean Expands in Caroline County, Creates Nearly 2,000 New Jobs”
M.C. Dean will invest $412.5 million to expand its Modular Mission Critical campus in Caroline County, Va., creating 1,950 jobs and aiming for the nation's largest modular manufacturing campus by 2030.
Source: Read the full story: M.C. Dean Expands in Caroline County, Creates Nearly 2,000 New Jobs →
4. All hands safe: Coast Guard and good Samaritans rescue a research ship's crew off Louisiana
Original title: “Coast Guard, good Samaritans assist with vessel fire offshore Grand Isle”
After a fire aboard the research vessel Rem Andes about 100 miles south of Grand Isle, La., Coast Guard aircraft and offshore supply vessels got the crew safely into Port Fourchon. The fire was extinguished.
Source: Read the full story: Coast Guard, good Samaritans assist with vessel fire offshore Grand Isle →
5. North of the Arctic Circle: Alaska Guard aviators bring two boaters—and their dog—home
Original title: “Alaska Guard Aviators Rescue Two Boaters and Their Dog”
A Nome-based Alaska Army National Guard Black Hawk crew, with local volunteer EMTs, found two stranded boaters and their dog sheltering in a cabin about 75 miles east of Kotzebue and flew them to safety.
Source: Read the full story: Alaska Guard Aviators Rescue Two Boaters and Their Dog →