From: Pearl Harbor Attack Hearings, Pt. 15, p. 1901-03.
Page 1901
NAVAL COMBATANT STRENGTH, ATLANTIC OCEAN, as of May 1, 1941.
VICHY OTHER
GERMANY ITALY FRANCE AUGMENTATION TOTALS
Battleships 6 (a) 6 (b) 5 (g) - 17
Aircraft Carriers - - 1 (h) - 1
Heavy Cruisers 4 4 (c) 4 - 12
Light Cruisers 4 11 (d) 9 (i) 2 (k) 26
Destroyers 15 (est.) 84 (e) 52 (j) 9 (l) 160
Submarines 150 (est.) 77 (f) 58 9 (m) 294
(a) Includes 2 overage battleships, SCHLESIEN and SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN.
(b) Includes damaged DUILIO and CAVOUR, heavily damaged, resting on bottom.
(c) Includes damaged BOLZANO.
(d) Includes 5 ineffective light cruisers.
(e) Includes 2 ineffective destroyers.
(f) Includes 8 ineffective submarines.
(g) Includes 4 damaged or incomplete battleships.
(h) Interned in Martinique.
(i) Includes 2 interned in Martinique.
(j) Includes 4 damaged or incomplete destroyers.
(k) Includes Yugoslavian DALMACIA and Dutch GELDERLAND.
(l) Includes 3 Yugoslavian, 1 Greek and 5 Norwegian destroyers.
(m) Includes 3 Yugoslavian, 6 Dutch submarines.
Page 1902
NAVAL COMBATANT STRENGTH, ATLANTIC OCEAN, as of May 1, 1941.
ALLIED
UNITED GREAT FREE OTHER
STATES BRITAIN FRANCE AUGMENTATIONS TOTALS
Battleships 6 16 (a)(b) 3 (g) - 25
Aircraft Carriers 3 7 (c)(d) - - 10
Heavy Cruisers 5 13 (e) 3 (h) 1 (k) 22
Light Cruisers 8 30 (f) 1 (h) 2 (l) 41
Destroyers 85 191 (f) 12 (i) 11 (m) 299
Submarines 53 65 (f) 8 (j) 15 (n) 141
(a) Includes 3 battle cruisers.
(b) Includes 6 battleships damaged and under repair.
(c) Includes 1 escort carrier.
(d) Includes 1 large carrier damaged and under repair.
(e) Includes 5 heavy cruisers damaged and under repair.
(f) Estimated, no accurate figures available at this time.
(g) Includes 2 base ships and 1 interned at Alexandria.
(h) Interned at Alexandria.
(i) Includes 4 incomplete and 3 interned at Alexandria.
(j) Includes 1 incomplete and 1 interned at Alexandria.
(k) Includes Greek GEORGIOS AVEROV.
(l) Includes Dutch HEEMSKERCK and SUMATRA
(m) Includes 6 Greek, 1 Dutch, 2 Norwegian, and 2 Polish destroyers.
(n) Includes 5 Greek, 7 Dutch, 1 Norwegian, 1 Polish and 1 Yugoslavian
submarine.
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NAVAL COMBATANT STRENGTH, PACIFIC OCEAN, as of May 1, 1941.
AXIS
JAPAN VICHY FRANCE TOTALS
Battleships 10 - 10
Aircraft Carriers 7 - 7
Heavy Cruisers 18 - 18
Light Cruisers 17 1 18
Destroyers 100 - 100
Submarines 68 2 70
ALLIES
UNITED STATES GREAT
Pacific Asiatic BRITAIN DUTCH TOTALS
Battleships 9 - 1 - 10
Aircraft Carriers 3 - 1 - 4
Heavy Cruisers 12 1 4 (a) - 17
Light Cruisers 9 2 13 (b) 3 27
Destroyers 67 13 6 (b) 7 93
Submarines 27 28 - (c) 15 70
(a) Includes 1 unit damaged and under repair.
(b) Estimated, no accurate figures available.
(c) Number unknown. Not enough data for estimate.