November 15, 2018
Why You Should Never Count Out the U.S. Navy
As our adversaries have learned the hard way for 243 years, they should never count out the U.S. Navy and its sailors.
by Tom Callender
Our Navy also faces its own challenges. Our fleet is still too small, and our ships are an average age of over 20 years. Moreover, U.S. budgetary constraints will only increase for the foreseeable future. But these challenges are not insurmountable.
The Navy has grown and evolved dramatically from that first “swift sailing vessel†of the Constitutional Navy. Today, the Navy’s fleet of 286 ships and submarines is the most capable and powerful naval force in the world.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/why-you-should-never-count-out-us-navy-36117
