US requests information on S. Korean shipbuilders' naval construction capacity: sources

The United States has asked major South Korean shipbuilders to provide information on their capacity to build naval vessels, including destroyers and fleet replenishment ships, industry sources said Wednesday.

The US Department of Defense and the Navy recently sent requests for information to HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. and Hanwha Ocean Co., and the two companies submitted details on their destroyer design capabilities and shipbuilding capacity last month, according to the sources familiar w