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British Hired Vessels 61748/02UnknownSaint Quentin16Unknown1744/061748/02Returned to OwnersCarlisle10Ship1745UnknownUnknownWhitehaven18Ship1745/051747/08/08BurntEagle10Fireship1745/121748/05UnknownJohn and… Cy edited 14 years, 6 months ago
British 5th Rates 8/141748/06/70WreckedQueenborough40FrigateRichard StaceyPortsmouth DY1744/11/051746/08SoldPoole44ShipHugh BlaydesHull1745/06/051765/08/12Broken UpSouthsea Castle44ShipJohn OkillLiverpool1745… Cy edited 14 years, 11 months ago
British Officers D Dalby, Jaques 1797/10/28 Dalby, Thomas 1778/12/311794/12/05 Dalby, William 1778/05/26 … Cy edited 15 years, 5 months ago
British 3rd Rates 081801/11Broken UpConqueror68John BarnardHarwich1758/05/241760/10/26WreckedRaisonnable64UnknownCaptured1758/05/291762/01/07WreckedBienfaisant64UnknownCaptured1758/07/251814/11Broken UpBell… Cy edited 14 years, 9 months ago
British Officers P George1797/01/09Pace, John1695/06/021713/02/27Pacey, Thomas Samuel1798/10/26Pack, John1800/05/16Packer, Joseph1800/05/16Packman, Robert Joseph1815/02/01Packwoo… Cy edited 15 years, 2 months ago
British Vessels C 26/03/15|Sold||[HBMS Conquerant (1798)|Conquerant]|74|[Ship of the Line]|Unknown|[Captured]|1798/08/02|1802/03|Broken Up||[HBMFS Conqueror (1746)|Conqueror]|8|[Fireship]|Unknown|[Captured]|1746/01|1749/03/02|Sold||… ManuBlasco edited 15 years, 8 months ago
British Vessels A |Amazon]|18|[Frigate]|[Jacques-Luc Coulomb]|[Captured]|1745|1763/10|Sold||[HBMF Amazon (1773)|Amazon]|32|[Frigate]|Unknown|[Rotherhithe]|1773/05/24|1794/06|Broken Up||[HBMF Amazon (1795)|Amazon]|36|[Frigate]|Unknown|… ManuBlasco edited 15 years, 8 months ago
British 6th Rates /281695/06/10CapturedQueenborough24William BagwellSheerness1694/12/221719/08/20SoldPenzance22Thomas EllisShoreham1695/04/221713/09/23SoldDunwich24& Chatfield CollinsShoreham1695/10/151714/… Cy edited 14 years, 11 months ago
British Officers L de 1753/05/18 L'Angle, Merrick de 1753/05/18 1734/03/02 1742/11/13 L'Anson, M L'Estrange, Samu… Peter Gill edited 15 years, 5 months ago
British Other Vessels Rebuild||[HBMUV Queenborough (1671)|Queenborough]|4|[Phineus II Pett]|[Chatham DY]|1671|1718|Broken Up to Rebuild||[HBMUV Queenborough (1718)|Queenborough]|6|[John Ward]|[Sheerness]|1718|1777/07/11|Sold||[HBMUV Ri… edited 15 years, 11 months ago
British 4th Rates 81804/11/19WreckedConquestador60UnknownCaptured1762/08/121782Broken UpSan Genaro60UnknownCaptured1762/08/131763/01WreckedWarwick50Thomas BucknallPortsmouth DY1767/02/281802/03/24SoldSalisb… Cy edited 14 years, 10 months ago
British Vessels M 816|Sold||[HBMUS Mosambique (1804)|Mosambique]|10|[Schooner]|Unknown|[Captured]|1804/03/13|1810|Sold||[HBMUS Moselle (1793)|Moselle]|24|[Sloop]|Unknown|[Captured]|1793/12/18|1794/01/07|Captured||[HBMUS Moselle (179… edited 16 years ago
British Officers A Edward Henry1783/12/101855/09/221796/011804/02/131808/06/101811/03/29Abbott, Jonas Archer1819/03/021830/10/011841/11/23Abbs, William1652Abbs, William1799/09/201762/07/07Abdy, Anth… Cy edited 15 years, 2 months ago
British Vessels B /01/12|Sold||[HBMS Belliqueux (1758)|Belliqueux]|64|[Ship of the Line]|Unknown|[Captured]|1758/11/02|1772/09|Broken Up||[HBMS Belliqueux (1780)|Belliqueux]|64|[Ship]|[John Perry]|[Blackwall]|1780/06/05|1816/03|Broken… ManuBlasco edited 15 years, 8 months ago
British Vessels R Up||[HBMUS Robecque (1782)|Robecque]|18|[Frigate]|Unknown|[Captured]|1782/06/30|1783/06/05|Sold||[HBMC Robert (1642)|Robert]|12|[Ship]|Unknown|[Captured]|1642|1649|Captured||[HBMFS Robert (1666)|Robert]|4|[Fireshi… edited 16 years ago
British Vessels P 03/101849/09/04SoldPique38FrigateUnknownCaptured1795/01/061798/06/29WreckedPique36FrigateUnknownCaptured1800/02/061819/07/22Sold for Break UpPique36FrigateUnknownPlymouth DY1834/07/211910/0… JC Walsh edited 15 years, 3 months ago
British Vessels F Up||[HBMUS Fairy Queen (1781)|Fairy Queen]|8|[Schooner]|Unknown|[Purchased]|1781|1781/11/19|Captured||[HBMUS Faith (1774)|Faith]|0|[Schooner]|Unknown|[Detroit]|1774|1783/12|Wrecked||[HBMUS Falcon (1343)|Falcon]|0|… ManuBlasco edited 15 years, 8 months ago
British Vessels D BreakwaterDuquesne74Ship of the LineUnknownCaptured1803/07/251805/07Broken UpDursley Galley20ShipUnknownDeptford DY1718/02/131744/02/21SoldDwarf10CutterLowesSandgate1810/04/241824/03/03Wrec… Cy edited 15 years, 5 months ago
British Vessels S *Fate**||[HBMUS Sabine (1808)|Sabine]|18|[Brig-Sloop]|Unknown|[Captured]|1808/07/28|1818/01/29|Sold for Break Up||[HBMC Sabrina (1806)|Sabrina]|20|[Brig-Sloop]|[Robert Adams]|[Southampton]|1806/09/01|1816/04/18|Sold … edited 15 years, 12 months ago
British Vessels E Up||[HBMS Queen Charlotte (1810)|Excellent]|100|[Ship of the Line]|[Robert Nelson]|[Deptford DY]|1859/11/22|1892/01/12|Sold for Break Up||[HBMUS Exertion (1805)|Exertion]|12|[Brig-Sloop]|Unknown|[Yarmouth]|1805/05/0… ManuBlasco edited 15 years, 8 months ago
British Vessels H (1780)|Hussar]|1|[Galley]|Unknown|[Captured]|1780|1786|Unknown||[HBMC Hussar (1781)|Hussar]|20|[Ship]|Unknown|[Captured]|1781/05/05|1783/08/14|Sold||[HBMC Hussar (1784)|Hussar]|28|[Ship]|[Francis C Willson]|[Sandgat… edited 15 years, 8 months ago
British Vessels Si AdamsBucklers Hard1779/01/021798/07/26WreckedSinbad0LighterUnknownPembroke DY1834/02/271866/11/10Broken UpSincere16Brig-SloopUnknownCaptured1793/08/291799SoldSir Edward Hawke8SchoonerUnknow… Peter Gill edited 15 years, 5 months ago
French Privateers letter of marque, that for the launching the actual date where known, based on the date of commission otherwise. It is intended that this list includes only predatory "Private Men-of-War" aiming to attack and tak… Cy edited 15 years, 4 months ago
British Privateers letter of marque, that for the launching the actual date where known, based on the date of commission otherwise. It is intended that this list includes only predatory "Private Men-of-War" aiming to attack and tak… Cy edited 15 years, 4 months ago
British Vessels T (1798)|Tickler]|1|[Gunboat]|Unknown|[Purchased]|1798/01|1800|Unknown||[HBMUS Tickler (1804)|Tickler]|12|[Gun-brig]|[Mathew Warren]|[Brightlingsea]|1804/08/08|1808/06/04|Captured||[HBMUS Tickler (1808)|Tickler]|8|[Cu… edited 15 years, 12 months ago
British Vessels N 4|Condemned||[HBMUS Nearque (1806)|Nearque]|18|[Sloop]|Unknown|[Captured]|1806/03/28|1814/07/21|Unknown||[HBMC Necker (1781)|Necker]|28|[Sloop]|Unknown|[Captured]|1781/10/26|1789/12|Foundered||[HBMUS Ned Elvin (180… edited 16 years ago
British Vessels L Lacedaemonian (1796)|Lacedaemonian]|12|[Brig-Sloop]|Unknown|[Captured]|1796/05|1797/05|Captured||[HBMF Lacedaemonian (1812)|Lacedaemonian]|38|[Frigate]|Unknown|[Portsmouth DY]|1812/12/21|1822/11|Broken Up||[HBMUV La… edited 16 years ago
British Vessels G **Fate**||[HBMC Gaiete (1797)|Gaiete]|20|[Ship]|Unknown|[Captured]|1797/08/20|1808/07/21|Sold||[HBMS Gainsborough (1653)|Gainsborough]|40|[Ship]|[James Taylor]|[Plymouth DY]|1653|1692/02/09|Wrecked||[HBMC Galatea (… edited 16 years ago
French 5th Rates CapturedRepublique Francaise38FrigateUnknownBordeaux1794/01/031796/07/12 CapturedTribune32FrigateUnknownRochefort1794/021796 CapturedRevolutionnaire36FrigateUnknownLe Havre… ManuBlasco edited 14 years, 6 months ago
French Commissioned Officers Zacharie Jacques Théodore1762/05/011826/03/02 1783/10 1793/01/011806/01/031809/03/08 Angot des Roours, Jean Julien1773/06/021844/03/26 1814/07/081822/08/17&nbs… Cy edited 15 years, 2 months ago
British 2nd Rates 07/301819/09Broken UpQueen90Ship of the LineWilliam GrayWoolwich DY1769/09/181811/06RazeedPrince George90Ship of the LineUnknownChatham DY1772/08/311817/02HulkedPrincess Royal90Ship of the Line… Cy edited 14 years, 7 months ago
Books PublisherISBNb001"El buque en la Armada Española"Enrique Manera, +1999Silex8477370842b002"Modelos de Arsenal del Museo Naval"J.Ignacio Gonzalez-Aller+2004Lunwerg8477829594b003"Trafalgar, Hombres y Naves… ManuBlasco edited 13 years, 2 months ago
French 3rd Rates StartEndClassFateConquerant66Bought16661679 Neptune66Bought16661698 Belliqueux70Brest16771708 Elizabeth72Deptford16791718 Content66T… ManuBlasco edited 14 years, 4 months ago
French 4th Rates Caribou52Quebec17451749 Fier60Toulon17451780 Dragon64Brest17461762 Lis64Lorient17461755 Achille64Toulon17461761 Fou… ManuBlasco edited 13 years, 8 months ago
British Vessels I *Fate**||[HBMUS Icarus (1814)|Icarus]|10|[Brig-Sloop]|Unknown|[Portsmouth DY]|1814/08/18|1839|Transfered||[HBMFS Ignition (1804)|Ignition]|4|[Fireship]|Unknown|[Purchased]|1804/05|1807/02/19|Wrecked||[HBMS Ildefons… edited 16 years ago
British Vessels O 62)|Oiseau]|26|[Ship]|[Jacques-Luc Coulomb|JL Coulomb]|[Captured]|1762/10/23|1762|Unknown||[HBMF Oiseau (1779)|Oiseau]|32|[Frigate]|Unknown|[Captured]|1779/01/31|1783/06/19|Sold||[HBMF Oiseau (1793)|Oiseau]|36|[Friga… ManuBlasco edited 15 years, 8 months ago
French Flag Officers Zacharie Jacques Théodore1762/05/011826/03/021806/01/031809/03/08Angot des Roours, Jean Julien1773/06/021844/03/261822/08/17Comte d'Ache1701/01/231780/02/1117171770/08/24Baste, Pierre1768… Cy edited 15 years, 2 months ago
French 1st Rates 05/241717Broken UpMonarque90Blaise PangaloBrest1690/061717Broken UpVictorieux94Honoré MalletRochefort1691/011719Broken UpOrgueilleux90Laurent CoulombLorient1691/03/291717Broken UpMerveilleux92B… Cy edited 13 years, 5 months ago
British 1st Rates RebuildQueen100Ship of the LineJoseph LawrenceWoolwich DY16931709/05Broken Up to RebuildVictory100Ship of the LineRobert LeeChatham DY16951721/04Broken UpRoyal Sovereign100Ship of the LineUnkno… Cy edited 14 years, 7 months ago
Battles of MartiniqueFranceBritain1667Feb25-26thBattle of CaneaOttoman EmpireVenice1667Jun9-14thBattle of Chatham - Raid on the MedwayBritainNetherlands1668Mar8-9thBattle of Candia Bay - Battle… ManuBlasco edited 14 years, 7 months ago
British Vessels W Waaksaamheidt (1798)|Waaksaamheidt]|22|[Ship]|Unknown|[Captured]|1798/10/24|1802/09|Sold||[HBMUS Wager (1739)|Wager]|28|[Ship]|Unknown|[Purchased]|1739/11/21|1741/05/14|Wrecked||[HBMC Wager (1744)|Wager]|20|[Ship]|[… edited 15 years, 12 months ago
British 1st Rate Alphabetical /09/14|1857|Sold||[HBMS Queen (1693)|Queen]|100|[Joseph Lawrence]|[Woolwich DY]|1693|1709/05|Broken Up to Rebuild||[HBMS Queen (1839)|Queen]|108|[Sir William Symonds]|[Portsmouth DY]|1839/05/15|1871|Broken Up||[HBM… edited 15 years, 12 months ago
British Vessels V Valette (1808)|Valette]|0|[Lighter]|Unknown|[Purchased]|1808/07/26|1816|Sold||[HBMC Valeur (1705)|Valeur]|24|[Ship]|Unknown|[Captured]|1705/04/02|1718/05|Broken Up||[HBMC Valeur (1759)|Valeur]|28|[Ship]|Unknown|[Cap… edited 15 years, 12 months ago
French 2nd Rates navy Monarque84CoulombToulon16681685 Ile de France (Lys 1671)80AudibertToulon16681691 Madame (Pompeoux 1671)76GueroareToulon16681695 Joli80RodolpheToulo… Cy edited 13 years, 1 month ago
British Vessels U 5/17|Wrecked||[HBMUS Unique (1804)|Unique]|10|[Schooner]|Unknown|[Captured]|1804/01/27|1806/02/23|Captured||[HBMUS Unique (1807)|Unique]|12|[Schooner]|Unknown|[Captured]|1807/09/23|1809/05/31|Expended as Fireship||… edited 15 years, 12 months ago
Action of 1795-01-06 (1785)|Pique]32Conseil---!!Description of the action taken form William James\' [http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Naval_History/Vol_I/Contents.html|Naval History of Great Britain - Vol I] On the 30th of December, 1… edited 15 years, 11 months ago
Dutch 7th Rates Overijssel (1)22?Rotterdam16381655 DNC Utrecht22?Rotterdam16381655 DNC West Capelle28?Zeeland16381653 DNC Roskam26?Rotterdam16391653 DNC Wapen van Holland (1639)3… Cy edited 14 years, 11 months ago
First Lord of the Admiralty Denmark**||1708|1708|**Queen Anne**||1708|1709|**[Thomas Herbert|Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke]**||1709|1710|[Edward Russell|Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford]||1710|1712|[John Leake|Sir John Leake]||1… edited 15 years, 6 months ago
British Naval Wars of Martinique]9th - 14th June 1667[Battle of Chatham|Raid on the Medway]The Battles of the Third Anglo-Dutch War (1672-1674) England vs United Provinces 13th March 1672[Battle of Smyrna Convoy]7th June 1672[Ba… edited 15 years, 11 months ago
Danish 5th Rates 51756 Docquen (Dokken)30 17461772 Samsoe22 17461767 Bornholm40 17481773 Moen40 17531777&nb… ManuBlasco edited 14 years, 6 months ago
George Poco*ck at Martinique and took command of the ships already there|B051||27 May 1762||The fleet sailed|B051||6 June 1762||The fleet arrived of Havana|B051||14 August 1762||Havana surrendered together with 9 ships of the li… edited 16 years, 2 months ago
Dutch Officials MIEROP]|||||||| [MUSQUETIER]|||||||---!N|**Name**|**Admiralty**|**DoB**|**DoD**|**Post captain**|**Captain**|**Highest Rank**|| [Aert van NES]||1626|1693|||admiral|| [Jan van NES]|||||||| [NUIJS]||||… edited 15 years, 10 months ago
British Vessels Q 671|1698/05|Sold||[HBMF Quebec (1760)|Quebec]|32|[Frigate]|[John Barnard]|[Harwich]|1760/07/14|1779/10/06|Sunk in Action||[HBMUS Quebec (1775)|Quebec]|0|[Schooner]|Unknown|[Purchased]|1775|1775/09/11|Wrecked||[HBMF… edited 16 years ago
Brazilian Navy 835/101829UnknownCacique18BrigUnknownPurchased18221827/09/09CapturedCacique16BrigUnknownUnknown1833/08/231838/08/20DisarmedCampista40FrigateUnknownRio de Janiero1831/05/291846/05/06Hulked… ManuBlasco edited 14 years, 7 months ago
Edward Henry A'Court Aide-de-Camp to Queen VictoriaB080Personal EventsDateEventSource1820/00/00Returned as member of parliament for HeytesburyB0801831/00/00Lost the seat for HeytesburyB0801837/00/00Returned as member of parliament… edited 15 years, 8 months ago
Dutch 5th Rates Gelderland (1)|Gelderland]|40|?|[Rotterdam]|[Maze]|1634|1659|||[DNS Zutphen|Zutphen]|40|?||[Amsterdam]|1636|1665|||[DNS Eendracht (1639)|Eendracht]|48|?||[Noorderkwartier]|1639|1676|||[DNS Rotterdam (1639)|Rotterd… edited 15 years, 9 months ago
Dutch 6th Rates miraltyStartEndClass1Wapen van Zeeland38? Zeeland16291665 ?Sampson32? Noorderkwartier16291652 ?Dolfijn32? Amsterdam16331653 ?Utrecht32? Amste… Cy edited 15 years, 5 months ago
French Unrated aunchedEndFateFalcon14Brig-CorvetteUnknownCaptured1745/09/281746/03/06CapturedOutarde18FluteUnknownRochefort17521757WreckedMarquis de Vaudreuil18SloopUnknownUnknown17541757/04/28Captured… ManuBlasco edited 14 years, 6 months ago
Dutch 4th Rates Brederode (1)]|58|[van den Tempel]|[Rotterdam]|[Maze]|1645|1658|||[DNS Vrede (1650)|Vrede]|56|?||[Amsterdam]|1650|1667|||[DNS Kampen (1652)|Kampen]|54|?||[Amsterdam]|1652|1677|||[DNS St Matheeus]|50|?||[Amsterdam]… edited 16 years ago
Dutch 3rd Rates nbsp; Ridderschap (1) (Ridderschap van Holland)66?RotterdamMaze16661690 Schieland (1)60?RotterdamMaze16661694 Sneek65? Friesland16661666 Tholen… ManuBlasco edited 13 years, 11 months ago

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3decks - Naval Sailing Warfare History (2024)

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Did the US Navy ever build a ship-of-the-line? ›

National Archives, 513024. The first ship built in the Charlestown Navy Yard, USS Independence was also the United States Navy's first ship-of-the-line, the largest class of ships during this period.

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What was the biggest sail warship? ›

USS Pennsylvania – rated for 136 guns on three covered gun decks + guns on her upper (spar) deck – the largest sailing warship ever built.

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What ship was one of the first ships of the line? ›

The Independence, the first of our ships of the line since the America of Revolutionary days to take the water, was launched July 20, 1814. She was 188 feet long with a 50-foot beam.

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What is the difference between a frigate and a ship-of-the-line? ›

The term frigate is still used for warships, but not the term ship of line. A frigate was characterized by one gun deck and 20 to 44 guns. A ship of the line had multiple (2–3) gun decks. 50 to 100+ guns.

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Why is the Navy getting rid of littoral combat ships? ›

Littoral combat ships were supposed to help find and destroy underwater mines, but the remote minehunting system often returned false alarms during testing, was unreliable, frequently broke down and was difficult for sailors to control.

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When did the US Navy stop using sailing ships? ›

The Navy officially transitioned from sails to steam in the late 1800s. After the destruction of battleship Maine in Havana Harbor, Cuba, battleship Texas proved its might during the Battle of Santiago during the Spanish-American War.

What is the most successful warship of all time? ›

USS New Jersey (BB-62) is the most decorated battleship in Navy history, earning distinction in World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Cold War, and conflicts in the Middle East.

What is the greatest ship ever built? ›

The Seawise Giant was a supertanker that held the record for being the longest and heaviest ship ever built. It was 100 meters longer than the longest active cruise ship currently, the 'Icon of the Sea' and 200 meters longer than the Titanic. Astonishingly it was also taller than the Empire State Building in New York.

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Who had the best navy in the 1700s? ›

In the mid-eighteenth century, the British Empire often had more than double the amount of naval ships than any of their European rivals. Between 1740 and 1760, the British navy grew over each five year period.

Which ship sank in the First Fleet? ›

At midday on 19 March 1790 HMS Sirius, flagship of the First Fleet, was wrecked on the coral reef off Slaughter Bay.

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Did the US ever have a ship of the line? ›

Authorized by Congress as one of the nine, 74-gun warships in 1816, Vermont was built and laid down in 1818 at the Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts.

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Which is more powerful, a cruiser or a destroyer? ›

Cruisers are typically more heavily armed, equipped with larger caliber main guns, missile launchers, anti-aircraft guns, and anti-ship guns. Modern destroyers boast armaments such as surface-to-air missiles, antisubmarine torpedoes, anti-ship missiles, and main guns of about 100 or 130 mm in calibre.

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Is A frigate stronger than a destroyer? ›

The frigate possessed less offensive firepower and speed than a destroyer, including an escort destroyer, but such qualities were not required for anti-submarine warfare. Submarines were slow while submerged, and ASDIC sets did not operate effectively at speeds of over 20 knots (23 mph; 37 km/h).

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Do any ships of the line still exist? ›

The only original ship of the line remaining today is HMS Victory, preserved as a museum in Portsmouth to appear as she was while under Admiral Horatio Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.

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What was the largest ship of the line ever? ›

The largest ships of the line were the Spanish Santísima Trinidad , which in 1804 sported 140 guns; an the USS Pennsylvania, a mammoth four-decked 140-gun ship of the line of the United States Navy, launched in 1837.

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How many crews are on a ship of the line? ›

A first-rate ship of the line carrying 100 or more guns would need a crew of more than 800. The size crew needed to man a frigate carrying 20 - 60 guns ranged from about 120 - 420. Smaller sloops with 15 - 20 guns usually had crews around 100.

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Does the US Navy build their own ships? ›

The United States does not have the shipyard capacity to build new ships and fully maintain or repair ships it currently holds in inventory. Given current shipyard capacity, the Navy is estimated to be 20 years behind in maintenance work.

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