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

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Originally Posted by 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.

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!