Although the China Navy has more ships, the USA navy is the biggest by tonnage by a huge margin https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/links-navy.htm ht

Although the China Navy has more ships, the USA navy is the biggest by tonnage by a huge margin https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/links-navy.htm https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/links-navy.htm USA 6.2m tons China 2.1m tons Russia 1.9m tons UK 0.7m tons India 0.5m tons ..... To put into perspective, according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy "[The USN] is larger than the next 13 navies combined, which includes 11 U.S. allies or partner nations"