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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

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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.

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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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Over 250 ships

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