Robert P Casey Jr News

Is the Honeymoon Over In Philadelphia?

Launched nearly two years ago with high expectations of an efficient U.S. Shipbuilding facility, it appears the revitalization of the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard as a viable commercial entity is waning. Aside from the fact that the yard's parent company, Kvaerner, has essentially exited the international shipbuilding scene, the yard has entered the crosshairs of Pennsylvania's Auditor General Robert P. Casey Jr., whose office recently issued a scathing report that alleges the organization's top officials are nearly the only ones to have benefited from the $400+ million project. But while full details of the report were released yesterday…