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The category includes Fleets of the United States Navy in World War II, and their major commands and formations such as task forces, and their major theatre of operation bases. Pages in category "Fleets of the United States Navy in World War II"
By war's end in 1945, the United States Navy had added nearly 1,200 major combatant ships, including ninety-nine aircraft carriers, eight "fast" battleships, and ten prewar "old" battleships [6] totaling over 70% of the world's total numbers and total tonnage of naval vessels of 1,000 tons or greater.
The List of ships of World War II contains major military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically and by type. The list includes armed vessels that served during the war and in the immediate aftermath, inclusive of localized ongoing combat operations, garrison surrenders, post-surrender occupation, colony re-occupation, troop and prisoner ...
A total of one-hundred twenty-eight American-built escort carriers (with US hull numbers BAVG 1 to 6 and CVE 1 to 122) were commissioned during the war, into either the US or UK navy. Thirty-eight of these were commissioned into the Royal Navy (with UK pennant numbers between D01 and D98) and engaged during World War II.
Pages in category "World War II naval ships of the United States" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
17.4 Post World War II. 18 United States fleets. ... United States Sixth Fleet (HQ Naples, Italy) – Europe, including Mediterranean Sea & Black Sea.
2 United States Navy. 3 United States Marine Corps. ... and USMC aircraft from World War II. This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (November ...
This list of ships of the Second World War contains major military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically and by type. The list includes armed vessels that served during the war and in the immediate aftermath, inclusive of localized ongoing combat operations, garrison surrenders, post-surrender occupation, colony re-occupation, troop and prisoner repatriation, to the end of 1945.