Glad to hear you like the overall concept and vision of the new Shipyard feature.
When it comes to ships in game and what we're deciding to release several factors do go into consideration. It is not uncommon for us to introduce ships that were never finished or even laid down - aka: paperships. PR is one of those. On this point, its also not uncommon for us to offer "alternatives" of ship classes, for example we have both the Iowa and Missouri, Alabama and Massachusetts, with slight characteristic differences - for example the Massachusetts is more 2ndary driven than the Alabama.
Either way, this is the starting point for this new feature and we'll see how we go upon release.
Fem,