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.....
In WWII at the end we were producing a Liberty ship a day. We were producing them faster than they could be sunk.
In WWII at the end we were producing a Liberty ship a day. We were producing them faster than they could be sunk.