From: Pearl Harbor Attack Hearings, Pt. 15, p. 1904-06.
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NAVAL COMBATANT STRENGTH, ATLANTIC OCEAN, December 7, 1941.
VICHY OTHER
GERMANY ITALY FRANCE AUGMENTATION TOTALS
Battleships 5 (a) 6 (b) 5 (g) - 16
Aircraft Carriers - - 1 (h) - 1
Heavy Cruisers 4 4 (c) 4 - 12
Light Cruisers 4 12 (d) 9 (i) 2 (k) 27
Destroyers 20 (est.) 77 (e) 53 (j) 9 (l) 159
Submarines 155 (est.) 67 (f) 60 9 (m) 291
(a) Includes 2 overage battleships, SCHLESIEN and SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN.
(b) Includes CAVOUR, heavily damaged but afloat.
(c) Includes damaged BOLZANO and GORIZIA.
(d) Includes damaged D'AOSTA, BANDE NERE, and MONTECUGGOLI.
(e) Includes 34 damaged destroyers.
(f) Includes 26 damaged submarines.
(g) Includes 3 damaged or incomplete battleships.
(h) Interned in Martinique.
(i) Includes 2 interned in Martinique.
(j) Includes 7 damaged or incomplete destroyers.
(k) Includes Yugoslavian DALMACIA and Dutch GELDERLAND.
(l) Includes 1 Greek and 5 Norwegian, and 3 Yugoslavian destroyers.
(m) Includes 6 Dutch submarines, and 3 Yugoslavian.
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NAVAL COMBATANT STRENGTH, ATLANTIC OCEAN, December 7, 1941.
ALLIED
UNITED GREAT FREE OTHER
STATES BRITAIN FRANCE AUGMENTATIONS TOTALS
Battleships 6 (a) 12 (e)(f) 3 (k) - 21
Aircraft Carriers 4 (a)(b) 8 (g)(h) - - 12
Heavy Cruisers 5 12 (i) 3 (l) 1 (o) 21
Light Cruisers 8 28 (j) 1 (l) 2 (p) 39
Destroyers 92 225 (j) 11 (m) 11 (q) 339
Submarines 58 80 (j) 8 (n) 15 (r) 161
(a) Does not include NORTH CAROLINA and WASHINGTON both on trials.
(b) Does not include HORNET on trials.
(c) Includes LONG ISLAND (Escort Carrier).
(d) JUNEAU, ATLANTA, SAN DIEGO and SAN JUAN carried on Atlantic Fleet
lists but were not completed or commissioned and are not included.
(e) Includes 1 battle cruiser.
(f) Includes one damaged battleship under repair.
(g) Includes 2 escort carriers.
(h) Includes 2 damaged aircraft carriers under repair.
(i) Includes 5 heavy cruisers damaged and under repair.
(j) Estimated, no accurate figures available at this time.
(k) Includes 2 base ships and 1 interned at Alexandria.
(l) Interned at Alexandria.
(m) Includes 4 incomplete and 3 interned at Alexandria.
(n) Includes 1 incomplete and 1 interned at Alexandria.
(o) Includes Greek GEORGIOS AVEROV.
(p) Includes Dutch HEEMSKERCK and SUMATRA
(q) Includes 6 Greek, 1 Dutch, 2 Norwegian, and 2 Polish destroyers.
(r) Includes 5 Greek, 7 Dutch, 1 Norwegian, 1 Polish and 1 Yugoslavian
submarine.
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NAVAL COMBATANT STRENGTH, PACIFIC OCEAN, December 7, 1941.
AXIS
JAPAN VICHY FRANCE TOTALS
Battleships 10 - 10
Aircraft Carriers 9 - 9
Heavy Cruisers 18 - 18
Light Cruisers 17 1 18
Destroyers 103 - 103
Submarines 74 1 75
ALLIES
UNITED STATES GREAT
Pacific Asiatic BRITAIN DUTCH TOTALS
Battleships 9 - 4 (e) (f) - 13
Aircraft Carriers 3 - 1 (g) - 4
Heavy Cruisers 12 1 4 - 17
Light Cruisers 10 (a) 1 17 (h) 3 31
Destroyers 54 (b) (c) 13 13 (h) 7 88
Submarines 25 (d) 28 - (i) 15 68
(a) Includes BOISE which at that time was escorting in Asiatic waters.
(b) Includes 4 destroyers assigned 14th Naval District.
(c) Does not include destroyers assigned other West Coast Naval Districts.
(d) Status of two submarines not clear.
(e) Includes 1 battle cruiser.
(f) Includes 1 damaged battleship under repair.
(g) This aircraft carrier damaged and under repair.
(h) Estimated, no accurate figures available.
(i) Number unknown. Not enough data for estimate.