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To: NorthMountain

We used to have a 600 ship navy during the days of Vietnam.


103 posted on 05/28/2015 8:47:49 AM PDT by kabar
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To: kabar

At its peak, the U.S. Navy was operating 6,768 ships on V-J Day in August 1945, including 28 aircraft carriers, 23 battleships, 71 escort carriers, 72 cruisers, over 232 submarines, 377 destroyers, and thousands of amphibious, supply and auxiliary ships - from “Ship Force Levels 1917-present”

Six Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty Eight.....


109 posted on 05/28/2015 8:54:17 AM PDT by reed13k (For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothings)
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