The U.S. Navy, biggest in world history, had almost as many ships in commission last week as it had sailors in 1938. In that year its establishment numbered 109,065 officers & men. Last week the Navy announced that it had added 100,000 vessels (above the size of boats) to the 7,695 it had in commission on Dec. 7, 1941. The breakdown: 1,150 combatant ships; 557 auxiliaries; 82,266 landing ships and landing craft; the balance, patrol and mine craft.
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