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

[Onkel Neal]

http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/55412cdeeab8ea8463e17bdc-1200-800/awvktlr%20-%20imgur-1.jpg

The US Navy is the unquestioned dominant naval force in the world.

In terms of both absolute tonnage and technical superiority, the US Navy is the the world's largest and most advanced maritime military force. The capabilities of the US Navy are further enhanced and augmented by a its military alliances like NATO, where the US plays a key role.

The following graphic from Naval Graphics shows every vessel currently serving in the US Navy as of April 2015:



http://www.businessinsider.com/here-are-all-the-ships-in-the-us-navy-2015-4

[Torplexed]

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.

[Onkel Neal]

No kidding. All that hammer and no nails.

[Jimbuna]

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

[Mr Quatro]

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?

[mapuc]

Very impressive. How is the efficiency ?

Markus

[ETR3(SS)]

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

[em2nought]

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

[Mr.Rooster]

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

[Jimbuna]

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

March 10, 2015

WASHINGTON — Problems with the complex technology being installed in the new destroyers of the Zumwalt class have forced the Navy and shipbuilder General Dynamics Bath Iron Works to delay delivery of the first two ships, the US Navy said Monday night.

http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/naval/ships/2015/03/09/navy-shipbuilding-destroyer-zumwalt-stealth-monsoor-bath-iron-works-general-dynamics/24681311/

[Commander Wallace]

Very Impressive.

[Kapt Z]

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.

[CCIP]

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!

[Sailor Steve]

...or even engine power...
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?

[Onkel Neal]

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!

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.

[TorpX]

So is one Russian nuke sub, and one Chinese nuke sub, and maybe soon one Iranian nuke sub ...

[Kapt Z]

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!

Oh, I agree. It was only the number of hulls in the water that I was talking about.

As has been said, one Ohio class sub has so much destructive power by itself that it defies imagination.

[CCIP]

And here is a similar chart for the USAF:


http://i.imgur.com/I3BBhhY.jpg (https://i.imgur.com/Ao9UdzT.jpg)
https://i.imgur.com/Ao9UdzT.jpg

[Torplexed]

As an interesting addendum to this chart, it now appears that the USS Constitution is now the only remaining commissioned US warship that has sunk a enemy ship in combat. The one other remaining USN warship with that distinction was the recently retired Oliver Perry class frigate Simpson, which sank a Iranian missile patrol boat in 1988. I do suppose there are still some carriers around who's air groups have sunk something, but I don't know if that counts.

http://www.boston.com/news/2015/09/29/old-ironsides-now-the-only-commissioned-ship-the-navy-have-sunk-enemy-ship/aIS1rNzaRZ1jjn0CTtWbjJ/story.html

So, as ancient as she is, she's the only one left with a kill to her sole credit. :O: