This chart shows just how massive the US's Navy is
 

http://static1.businessinsider.com/i...%20imgur-1.jpg

http://www.businessinsider.com/here-...us-navy-2015-4

Although I doubt she'll be used much for power projection, they even have a graphic of the silhouette of the Constitution there on the middle right. :)

Just as in WW2, a good portion of the strength still lies in support and logistic vessels. Oilers, replenishment vessels, command ships.

I imagine future historians will speak of an American 'Mare Nostrum' considering how rare major naval conflicts have become since WW2.

No kidding. All that hammer and no nails.

Most impressive, I just wish the UK had a small portion of what it used to have post 1900 :-?

I had the numbers written down somewhere, but thanks for the chart.

Somehow it just makes it more real to see them all in one place.

Notice how many submarines and warships were laid down and finished in East Coast and Gulf Coast yards where the non-combatant ships are built where Nassco shipyard in San Diego or where else is a good yard that builds USN ships?

Very impressive. How is the efficiency ?

Markus

Look closely at the Cole and San Francisco. :salute::03:

They've really spent some taxpayer dinero since I got out. I remember going over to DDG-51 in 1992 to beg/borrow something, I'd never seen a ship so new. Now look how many they have since then. :o

Where is the Zumwalt destroyer?http://www.manufacturing.net/sites/m.../Zumwalt10.jpg

March 10, 2015

http://www.defensenews.com/story/def...mics/24681311/

Very Impressive.

Ok, let's see a comparable sheet of the US Navy, Spring '45. Of course that would be a navy on full war footing with a mobilized nation behind it so it wouldn't be fair, but it would be fun to see.

On the other hand, if you compare them on things like armament or even engine power, the sheer destructive capacity on board today's ships is probably several orders of magnitude greater than all the ships the USN had in '45!

I don't know about orders of magnitude, but I agree in general. This is especially true when comparing submarines. On the other hand, did you know that the Nimitz class aircraft carrier's steam turbine engines produce no more horsepower than the Forrestal class of 1955?

Exactly. That was Mitt Romney's error when trying to bust Obama over the number of ships in the Navy--one nuke sub today is more lethal than all of the 1917 navy.