US Navy WARSHIPS (Not counting Support Vessels), Pre-Pearl Harbor Attack (Pre-WW2): 1. 7 Fleet Carriers, plus 1 Escort Carrier 2. 17 Battleships 3. 18 Heavy Cruisers 4. 19 Light Cruisers 5. 171 Destroyers 6. 112 Submarines
Approximately: 565 Destroyer Escorts; 387 Destroyers (175 Fletchers); 81 Cruisers; 9 Battleships (Massachusetts, Alabama, South Dakota, Washington, North Carolina, Wisconsin, New Jersey, Iowa, Missouri); 151 Aircraft Carriers (122 CVE-Escort Carriers); and 126 Submarines.
At the end of the war the navy had 6,768 ships in commission. Durning the war there were 1,544 lost or damaged beyond repair. So that would mean that during WWII the navy had 8,312 ships in commission at one time or another.
Please remember that this is for the total five years and that the number changed dramatically during the five years. The US navy website lists the following total feet sizes for each year of WWII:
1941 (12/7) - 790 ships, 1942 (12/31) - 1,782, 1943 (12/31) - 3,699, 1944 (12/31) - 6,084, 1945 (8/14) - 6,768, 1946 (12/31) - 1,248
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I presume you mean armed ships disguised to look harmless. Such ships used by the British in World War I were known as Q ships. Those used by the German Navy in World War II were known as "Auxiliary cruisers" -- I think the German word is "Hilfskreuzer".
In civilian ships alone, the figure was in the thousands. <><><> During WW II, German U-Boats sank 175 Allied warships; 2,825 merchant ships
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I presume you mean armed ships disguised to look harmless. Such ships used by the British in World War I were known as Q ships. Those used by the German Navy in World War II were known as "Auxiliary cruisers" -- I think the German word is "Hilfskreuzer".
The system you are referring to is the Convoy System. In this system, cargo ships traveled together in groups, typically escorted by navy warships for protection against enemy attacks during times of war. This system was commonly used during World War I and World War II to safeguard merchant ships from submarines and other threats.
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In civilian ships alone, the figure was in the thousands. <><><> During WW II, German U-Boats sank 175 Allied warships; 2,825 merchant ships