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To: Retain Mike

Some results from a search. The USA had 5 aircraft carriers just prior to the war.

151 aircraft carriers were built in the U.S. during World War II.
122 of them were Escort Carriers
US Navy had 6768 active ships by 1945
Between Dec 7th, 1941 and Sep 2nd, 1945 the US lost
2 Battleships
5 Carriers
6 Escort Carriers
7 Heavy Cruisers
3 Light Cruisers
88 Destroyers
14 Destroyer Escorts
54 Submarines
3 Minelayers
Hundreds of other ships and craft

How many people died in the Second World War?
Over 60 million people were killed, which was about 3% of the 1940 world population (est. 2.3 billion).
World War II fatality statistics vary, with estimates of total deaths ranging from 50 million to more than 80 million.

The higher figure of over 80 million includes deaths from war-related disease and famine. Civilians killed totaled 50 to 55 million, including 19 to 28 million from war-related disease and famine. Military deaths from all causes totaled 21 to 25 million, including deaths in captivity of about 5 million prisoners of war.


9 posted on 06/04/2022 3:39:41 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: minnesota_bound

Escort carriers had the designation CVE - Combustible, Vulnerable and Expendable.


13 posted on 06/04/2022 3:50:13 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. )
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