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renewiltordlast Wednesday at 10:35 PM2 repliesview on HN

The last time we built aircraft carriers in the US? Has there ever been a one year period when we haven't been building aircraft carriers (or ships which other nations would consider carriers)?

Certainly there are many we're currently building and many we will build after that. Biggest in the world kind of stuff.

Gerald R Ford class.


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kulahanyesterday at 1:30 AM

TIL! I guess I just haven't been following this stuff. Now I've got something to read about all night, thanks!

hollerithlast Wednesday at 10:41 PM

Ditto destroyers, which the US has been building continuously going back at least to 1988 according the dates in this table:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Arleigh_Burke-class_de...