Quick answer
Use the current shipyard panel as the source of record: confirm the selected hull, required materials, workers, build queue and launch access before assigning the completed ship to a fleet.
What the reviewed sources establish
- Ships and fleets are core official systems.
- Ship construction depends on settlement production and logistics.
- Ship and balance details can change in patches.
Use this current-build checklist
- Open the current shipyard panel.
- Choose an available hull and read requirements.
- Trace every missing material to production and storage.
- Confirm workers and launch access.
- Assign the completed ship to one named fleet job.
Keep the answer current
- Do not copy old material costs without checking the live panel.
- A built ship without a fleet task is not a solved logistics problem.