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See header. Table doesn't include "escort carriers". U.S. was producing 1 escort carrier per week; and escort carriers did engage in combat: http://en.wikipedia
by tosseraccount 12y ago
See header. Table doesn't include "escort carriers".
U.S. was producing 1 escort carrier per week; and escort carriers did engage in combat: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_off_Samar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_off_Samar (6 very surprised US escort carriers take on Imperial Japanese Navy Center Force)
British Pacific Fleet had 8 additional carriers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Pacific_Fleet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Pacific_Fleet
- AnimalMuppet 12y agoOK, but you made the claim for 108 carriers. Source?
- tosseraccount 12y ago(sorry) I forgot. Some military chat site debated it and some guy calculated the number of carriers available for Japan assault. There were ~27 big carriers available.
- mikeash 12y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy_in_World_War_II http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy_in_World_War... claims 99 carriers at the end of the war, counting both types. I'm not sure where 108 comes from, but it's close.
- AnimalMuppet 12y agoWell, tosseraccount said that the US was building one escort carrier a week. If the invasion would have taken place 9 weeks after the actual end date of the war (plausible), the US could have had exactly 108 carriers at that time.