how many aircraft carriers did the united states build during world war ii
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 twenty-seven aircraft carriers and eight "fast" battleships, and ten prewar "old" battleships[7] totaling over 70% of the world's total numbers and total tonnage of naval vessels of 1,000 tons or greater.[8][9]