"The US Navy in 1990" Topic

"In 1945, The United States became the first naval power in the world. Engaged in 1941 alongside the British Empire, its shipyards would deliver more ships, civil and military types alike in history. More than 2700 liberty ships standard freighters, about 100 aircraft carriers, more than 250 destroyers, 350 escort destroyers, 10 battleships (plus the complete reconstruction of many others), more than 50 cruisers, 226 submersibles.

A steamroller that allowed to withstand the shock of the battle of the Atlantic and crush the Imperial Japanese Navy, starting from a crippled fleet and three aircraft carriers, miraculously preserved. However, in 1947, the geopolitical balance rocked: The danger was now facing fromp the east. The world became bipolar and in the Western camp, NATO mustered a considerable naval force, capable of dealing with any confrontation against the USSR. Because of its immense fleet developed in 1942-46, the US Navy retained its conventional fleet until 1960, but evolved to the missile era and moreover its double nuclear revolution, both as means of propulsion or as a offensive vector…"
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