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To: SunkenCiv
" By August 1945 the US had 21 Essex-class carriers, each of which was more capable than anything the USN had in 1941."

By the end of the war, the USA had 109 carriers in the Pacific, most were Escort Carriers.

The sub I was on played war games with the USS Essex in the early 60's.

21 posted on 05/04/2023 10:46:00 AM PDT by blam
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To: blam

More of everything, a wide variety of ships (including the Higgins land craft) and over 200K aircraft if memory serves.


25 posted on 05/04/2023 11:07:44 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpers are Republicans the same way Liz Cheney is a Republican.)
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