U.S. Navy Ship Force Levels, 1910-1919
1886-1889 | 1890-1899 | 1900-1909 | 1910-1916 | 1910-1919 |
1920-1929 | 1930-1939 | 1940-1949 | 1950-1959 | 1960-1969 |
1970-1979 | 1980-1989 | 1990-1999 | 2000-2009 | 2010-2019 |
As of December each year through 1916, 01 July by 1919
| DATE | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BATTLESHIP | 29 | 30 | 32 | 32 | 34 | 32 | 36 | 37 | 39 | 36 |
| CRUISER | 27 | 25 | 24 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 33 | 31 | 28 |
| MONITOR | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 |
| DESTROYERS | 27 | 36 | 42 | 46 | 50 | 57 | 61 | 66 | 110 | 161 |
| FRIGATES | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | 17 | - |
| TORPEDO BOATS* | 31 | 30 | 30 | 25 | 19 | 18 | 18 | |||
| SUBMARINES | 17 | 17 | 23 | 26 | 36 | 37 | 44 | 44 | 80 | 91 |
| MINE WARFARE | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 53 | 62 |
| PATROL | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 42 | 350 | 65 |
| STEEL GUNBOATS ** | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | |||
| AUXILIARIES | 29 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 96 | 87 | 304 |
| GUNBOATS ** | 16 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | |||
| SURFACE WARSHIPS | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 160 | 204 | 230 |
| TOTAL ACTIVE | 196 | 202 | 211 | 214 | 224 | 231 | 245 | 342 | 774 | 752 |
| NOTES |
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* A number of torpedo boats went in and out of commission during this time period, often seeing service with reserve units or State Militias. Most, however, came back into the Navy in 1917 and therefore remain on the list. ** These two categories merged together with the great wartime expansion of gunboat numbers in 1917. • U.S. enters WWI 6 April 1917 • Bolshevik Revolution begins 28 October (Old Style) 1917 • WWI ends 11 November 1918 |
