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Originally Posted by dvyws
Why mess abut with frgates and training ships?
The Royal Navy still as the Victory in comission - how hard would it be to flood the drydock she sits in, and Presto! Britannia rules the waves once more!
Might have fun finding a crew for her of course...
And so begins the next naval arms race!
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Actually considering that even by canon, the US has a
Ohio class nuclear submarine (
USS City of Corpus Christi) and one operational
Spruance class destroyer (USS
John Hancock), I'd have to say advantage: USN.
But by all means, try to rule the waves in wooden sailing vessels!
All kidding aside, except for the missions the
City of Corpus Christi undertakes, I'd wager 99% of all naval ops post-2000, for at least a decade or two, are going to be brown-water only for whatever primary belligerent country's navy. Brazil, Taiwan and a couple of other nations still have operable carriers, making
them the preeminent blue-water navies...