How's your fleet?

[Lancer]

I was amazed recently to learn that the US fleet is down to 270 ships, (iirc) from the 600 last time I checked. I believe it still has 10 or more super carriers, so that's good.

I learned the other day that the US built 120 carriers of different types during WW2.

Anyway, how is your country's navy doing, any idea?

Who is #2 these days? GB or Russia?

[SlowwHand]

Russia.

I hear the Egyptian navy rules the waves these days.

[TheStinger]

Well ours is being reduced I think we have 35-40 destroyers/frigates 3 mini carriers 1 helicopter carrier.

I think we have an assault ship though im not sure.

there are a number subs.

there are quite a few support ships and minesweepers.

I don't know about the ruskies, I assume they have more but not as good

[Apocalypse]

Those two numbers may be refering to different status of ships. The 600 might have refered to ships overal and the 270 number might just be active ships.

There are a number of ships the US has that are mothballed at the moment.

[Az]

It sucks, it completely and utterly sucks. a total of 5% of our military budget goes to the navy.

[TheStinger]

Originally posted by Azazel
It sucks, it completely and utterly sucks. a total of 5% of our military budget goes to the navy.

Understandable really, last time I looked the palestinians didn't have any carriers

[Main_Brain]

Prolly' India is #2?

[Az]

Stinger: the palestinians never were the existential threat to Israel ( 'cept the very beginning )

[St Leo]

Understandable really, last time I looked the palestinians didn't have any carriers

Have you forgotten about the Israeli plans to conquer Italy already?

[David Floyd]

We're down to 270 ships? Excellent! Time to take that number down even lower - a lot lower.

[TCO]

Originally posted by David Floyd
We're down to 270 ships? Excellent! Time to take that number down even lower - a lot lower.

We're a coastal country. We need that fleet to deal with Tunisian pirates. Reduce the AF and Army first.

[TCO]

Originally posted by Apocalypse
Those two numbers may be refering to different status of ships. The 600 might have refered to ships overal and the 270 number might just be active ships.

There are a number of ships the US has that are mothballed at the moment.

We never got to 600. That was the Reagan goal, but we stalled and backslid after about 570. The ships are the same kind. I wasn't aware that we were at 270. That may be a projection of where we are headed giving the low acquisition pace.

[TCO]

Originally posted by Main_Brain
Prolly' India is #2?

Ain't no number two.

[Eli]

Originally posted by Azazel
It sucks, it completely and utterly sucks. a total of 5% of our military budget goes to the navy.

That's not a good figure, since the three Dolphin subs were given free and half free by Germany and each costs something like a billion dollars(shekels?).

[WRangler Rhymer]

Re: How's your fleet?

[SIZE=1]I learned the other day that the US built 120 carriers of different types during WW2.

Anyway, how is your country's navy doing, any idea?

Who is #2 these days? GB or Russia?

I WW2 the U.S. had thousand of carrier did you know that? They made thousand of boat into carrier of all types. DO you know how many got sunk of those thousands.

#2 it is probably China, just ahead of brittian <--- they are building a new super carrier. The chinese though dont not have alot of carriers. Their Navy is mostly thing for troops, and Aegis, and other ships to support that. Brittain may come on soon with some of their new navy programs.