To: Stayfree
24? Maybe if you count the carriers in the mothball fleet.
To: GreyHoundSailor
Carrier count must also count those used for the Bikini a-bomb test and those now serving as artificial reefs somewhere.
24 is bogus as Hello.
To: GreyHoundSailor
Maybe if you count the Helo/VTOL ships.
6 posted on
01/10/2020 4:41:05 PM PST by
AFreeBird
To: GreyHoundSailor
They must be counting LHAs/LHDs.
10 posted on
01/10/2020 4:50:36 PM PST by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: GreyHoundSailor
According wikipedia.org, the United States Navy has 11 large nuclear-powered fleet carriers—carrying around 80 fighter jets each—the largest carriers in the world; the total combined deck space is over twice that of all other nations combined.
11 posted on
01/10/2020 4:52:38 PM PST by
Stayfree
(Liberalism is an incurable mental disease caused by stupidity and ignorance!)
To: GreyHoundSailor
24? Maybe if you count the carriers in the mothball fleet.
I'm pretty sure it's more than that. Off the top of my head, we have eleven supercarriers (plus one going through testing/seatrials), which is what you're likely thinking of. Once you start including carriers of the type that other countries have (smaller ones, vtol carriers, helicopter carriers, etc) these US have way more than just 24.
To: GreyHoundSailor
I think we have about 20 commissioned - a few under construction and a couple being refitted.
25 posted on
01/11/2020 3:27:06 AM PST by
trebb
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