Sort of misses the points (2) 1. The actual need has not been addressed by either candidate. BoBo is sizing his based on how much money he is willing to divert from more important items like vote buying and growing government while Romney is willing to discuss the issue 2. The size of the fleet always compares to a previous period..If we had a few more ships the date would have been later and a few less the date would be earlier.
Seem we can build a Navy in a hurry Date 6/30/38 6/30/39 6/30/40 12/7/41 12/31/42 12/31/43 12/31/44 Battleships 15 15 15 17 19 21 23 Carriers, Fleet 5 5 6 7 4 19 25 Carriers, Escort - - - 1 12 35 65 Cruisers 32 36 37 37 39 48 61 Destroyers 112 127 185 171 224 332 367 Frigates - - - - - 234 376 Submarines 54 58 64 112 133 172 230 Mine Warfare 27 29 36 135 323 551 614 Patrol 34 20 19 100 515 1050 1183 Amphibious - - - - 121 673 2147 Auxiliary 101 104 116 210 392 564 993 Surface Warships 159 178 237 225 282 635 827 Total Active 380 394 478 790 1782 3699 6084
WWII is over. CVN-78 was started in 2005. it's keel was layed down in 2009, it's expected to enter service in 2015
