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Originally Posted by The Dark
For the US as of 31 December 1997:
Forrestal CV: 1
Kitty Hawk CV: 2
Kennedy CV: 1
Enterprise CVN: 1
Nimitz CVN: 7
Wasp LHD: 5
Raleigh LPD: 1
Austin LPD: 3
Cleveland LPD: 7
Trenton LPD: 2
Iwo Jima LPH: 2
California CGN: 2
Virginia CGN: 2
Ticonderoga CG: 27
Spruance DD: 31
Kidd DD: 4
Arleigh Burke DDG: 21
Perry FFG: 41
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Thanks for saving me the trouble of looking those up.
Another factor to consider when comparing the navies is the Age of the fleet in question. A LARGE number of Soviet Era ships were "scrapped/salvaged" between 1998 and 2003. I can imagine a number of the Udaloys and Sovremennyys have the equivalent of an 8 Wear Value. The US fleet was much newer with the exception of the gas powered carriers (Wear of 7 or 8?) and the OHP Frigates. The Perry class was designed in 1975 with a service life of 20 years as a cost-cutting measure (most ships are designed for 40-50 years with a 20-year upgrade) and most of them were on the verge of needing an upgrade.