(Correct as of September I, 1923)
Table I—Personnel (Unlimited)
|
Power |
Regular Establishment (Including those of Dominions) |
Regular Establishment on Basis of 5-5-3-1. 67-1. 67 Ratio with Japan |
Increment Necessary to Attain the 5-5-3-1. 67-1. 67 In Regular Establishment |
Actual Reserve Personnel |
|
|
Officers Men |
Officers Men |
Officers Men |
Officers Men |
|
United States |
8,148 86,000 |
12,200 106,452 |
4,052 20,452 |
4,286 17,473(e) |
|
British Empire |
9,347(a) 98,552(b) |
12,200 105,452 |
2,853 7,900 |
2,377 44,418(d) |
|
Japanese Empire |
7,320 63,871(f) |
7,320 63,871 |
None |
2,506 35,799 |
|
France |
3,496 55,000 |
4,075 35,555 |
570 None |
8,375 96,700 |
|
Italy |
2,188 40,591 |
4,075 35,555 |
1,887 None |
4,514 60,000 (c) |
a) These figures include 1,044 officers and 8,439 men of the British Royal Air Force that are performing duties similar to those performed by the personnel of the U. S. Naval Aviation. The Royal Air Force is a separate Department ranking with the Army and Navy and has in round numbers 3,365 officers and 28,880 airmen and 7,815 civilians. Since in the United States, Japan and France, naval aviation personnel forms an integral part of the Navy, it seems only fair that the personnel of the British Royal Air Force performing duties in connection with naval aviation should be classed in this comparison.
b) Includes 4,113 civilians manning auxiliaries and yard craft for which regularly enlisted personnel are required in cases of other powers.
c) There is no organized naval reserve of men in Italy, but men who have served in Navy may be called to colors by levy.
d) Does not include 7,459 retired officers of all ages nor 18,405 pensioners under fifty-five years of age, who form an additional reserve.
e) Does not include 1,348 retired officers of all ages, nor 261 retired enlisted men, under fifty-five years of age, who form an additional reserve.
f) An increase in round numbers of about 1,000 enlisted men over May 1924.
|
|
|
U.S. |
Brit. Emp. |
Jap. Emp. |
France |
Italy |
|
Actual Ratios |
Officers, Regular Establishment |
3.34 |
3.81 |
3.00 |
1.43 |
0.89 |
|
|
Enlisted men |
4.04 |
4.63 |
3.00 |
2.59 |
1.91 |
|
Ratio Applied to Capital Ships by Treaty |
|
5.00 |
5.00 |
3.00 |
1.67 |
1.67 |
Table II—Capital Ships (Limited)
|
Power |
Scrapped Under Treaty Terms |
|
|
Retained |
Tonnage to be Arrived at in 1941 |
True Ratio |
|
|
Old Ships |
New Ships |
Total |
|
|
|
|
|
No. Tons |
No. Tons |
No. Tons |
No. Tons |
|
|
|
United States |
17 267,740 |
11 465,800 |
28 733,540 |
18 525,850 |
525,000 |
5.00 |
|
British Empire |
24(a) 5000,000 |
None |
24(a) 500,000 |
20(b) 558,950 |
525,000 |
5.00 |
|
Japanese Empire |
10 163,312 |
2 80,979 |
12 244,290 |
10 301,320 |
315,000 |
3.00 |
|
France |
None |
None |
None |
(c) 9 197,670 |
175,000 |
1.67 |
|
Italy |
None |
None |
None |
(d) 7 135,100 |
175,000 |
1.67 |
a) Includes the King George V, Ajax, Centurion and Thunderer to be scrapped early in 1926.
b) Includes the Nelson and Rodney now building; will probably be completed early in 1926.
c) The battleship France, 23, 500 tons, foundered in Quiberon Bay in August, 1922, thus decreasing the actual number of capital ships retained by the Republic of France as per treaty from ten to nine.
d) The battleships Leonardo da Vinci, V. Emanuele, and Retina Elena, were voluntarily scrapped in 1922-23, thereby reducing the actual number of ships retained by Italy as per treaty from ten to seven.
Table III—Aircraft Carriers (Limited)
|
Power |
Built |
Building |
Totals |
Total Tonnage Allowed Treaty |
Increment Necessary to Attain Allowance |
|
|
No. Tons |
No. Tons |
No. Tons |
|
No. (a) Tons |
|
United States |
1 12,700 |
2 66,000 |
3 78,700 |
135,000 |
2 56,300 |
|
British Empire |
3 48,190 |
3 56,300(b) |
6 104,490 |
135,000 |
1 30,510 |
|
Japanese Empire |
1 9,500 |
2 53,800 |
3 63,300 |
81,000 |
1 17,700 |
|
France |
None |
1 24,000 |
1 24,000 |
60,000 |
1 36,000 |
|
Italy |
None |
1 5,000 |
1 5,000 |
60,000 |
2 55,000 |
a) Number arrived a by dividing by 27,000—the maximum tonnage allowed for aircraft carriers hereafter laid down.
b) One additional aircraft carrier authorized by Australia (6,000 tons) is not included in tabulation.
|
|
U.S. |
Brit. Emp. |
Jap. Emp. |
France |
Italy |
|
Actual Ratio, Aircraft Carriers, (Tons) |
2.91 |
3.87 |
2.34 |
0.89 |
0.00 |
|
Allowed Ratio, Aircraft Carriers, (Tons) |
5.00 |
5.00 |
3.00 |
2.22 |
2.22 |
Table IV—Light Cruisers Completed or Laid Down Since 1912 (Unlimited)
|
Power |
Built |
Authorized and Appropriated for, or Building |
Totals |
Tonnage on Basis of 5-5-3-1.67-1.67 |
To Attain 5-5-3-1.67-1.67 Ratio with Brit. |
|
|
No. Tons |
No. Tons |
No. Tons |
|
No. (c) Tons |
|
United States |
10 75,000 |
2(a) 20,000 |
12 95,000 |
318,370 |
22 223,370 |
|
British Empire |
48 233,520 |
10 94,850 |
57 318,370 |
318,370 |
None |
|
Japanese Empire |
16 82,200 |
9 73,995 |
25 156,195 |
191,022 |
4 34,827 |
|
France |
4(b) 18,200 |
5 44,000 |
9 62,200 |
106,335 |
5 44,135 |
|
Italy |
10(b) 38,730 |
2 20,000 |
12 58,730 |
106,335 |
5 47,605 |
a) The sixty-eighth Congress authorized eight 10,000-ton cruisers, appropriating only for two.
b) Some of these are vessels taken over from Central Powers.
c) Number obtained by dividing by 10,000 tons, the maximum size cruiser allowed under terms of the Naval Treaty.
|
Actual Ratios, Modern Light Cruisers |
U.S. |
Brit. Emp. |
Jap. Emp. |
France |
Italy |
|
Tonnage |
1.82 |
6.12 |
3.00 |
1.19 |
1.06 |
|
No. Vessels |
1.44 |
6.84 |
3.00 |
1.08 |
1.44 |
|
Capital Ship Ratio |
5.00 |
5.00 |
3.00 |
1.67 |
1.67 |
Table V—Destroyer Type, First Line Vessels (Unlimited)
|
Power |
Built |
|
Authorized and Appropriated for or Building |
|
Totals |
|
|
|
Leaders |
Destroyers |
Leaders |
Destroyers |
Leaders |
Destroyers |
|
|
No. Tons |
No. Tons |
No. Tons |
No. Tons |
No. Tons |
No. Tons |
|
United States |
None |
289(a) 340,620 |
None |
None |
None |
289(a) 340,620 |
|
British Empire |
18(b) 31,310 |
183(c) 209,315 |
None |
2 2,700 |
18 31,310 |
185 212,015 |
|
Japanese Empire |
None |
71 75,625 |
None |
21 30,255 |
None |
92 105,880 |
|
France |
1 2,400 |
21 20,105 |
6 14,382 |
18 25,200 |
7 16,782 |
39 45,305 |
|
Italy |
6 10,752 |
35 30,395 |
2 4,400 |
14 17,930 |
8 15,152 |
49 48,325 |
Characteristics—Destroyer Leaders, 1st line, 1,500 tons plus; 27 knots plus. Destroyers, 1st line, 800-1,500 tons; 27 knots plus.
a) Includes fourteen light mine layers of destroyers type. Very nearly all of these 289 boats, which give the U.S. a preponderance in this type, were laid down during the World War in an emergency program to combat the German submarines; many of them are of hasty construction. Only 105 destroyers and six mine-layers, total 111, are kept in commissions.
b) Includes one mine-layer.
c) Includes one mine-layer.
|
Actual Ratios, Modern Destroyer Types |
U.S. |
Brit. Emp. |
Jap. Emp. |
France |
Italy |
|
Total Combined Tonnage |
9.65 |
6.89 |
3.00 |
1.76 |
1.80 |
|
Total Combined No. Vessels |
9.42 |
6.62 |
3.00 |
1.50 |
1.86 |
|
Capital Ship Ratio |
5.00 |
5.00 |
3.00 |
1.67 |
1.67 |
Table VI—Fleet Submarines, First Line over 1,000 Tons Each; 20 Knots Plus (Unlimited)
|
Power |
Built |
Authorized and Appropriated for, or Building |
Total |
Tonnage on Basis 5-5-3-1.67-1.67 |
To Attain the 5-5-3-1.67-1.67 Ratio with Japan |
|
|
No. Tons |
No. Tons |
No. Tons |
|
No. Tons |
|
United States |
1 2,105 |
5 8,424(a) |
6 10,530 |
64,065 |
26 53,535 |
|
British Empire |
8(b) 16,460 |
1 1,480 |
9 17,940 |
64,065 |
23 46,125 |
|
Japanese Empire |
2 2,800 |
21(d) 35,640 |
23 38,440 |
38,440 |
None |
|
France |
None |
None(e) |
None |
21,398 |
11 21,398 |
|
Italy |
None |
4 5,200 |
4 5,200 |
21,398 |
8 16,198 |
a) Does not include tonnage of the V-4 fleet submarine mine-laying type, details unpublished
b) Does not include three 1,600-ton monitor submarines, M-1, M-2, M-3
c) Number arrived at by assuming an arbitrary boat tonnage of 2,000 tons
d) Includes three 1,000-ton mine-layers
e) A 3,000-ton submarine, projected to be laid down in 1925, and a similar one in 1926.
|
Actual Ratios, Fleet Submarines |
U.S. |
Brit. Emp. |
Jap. Emp. |
France |
Italy |
|
Tonnage |
0.82 |
1.40 |
3.00 |
0.00 |
0.43 |
|
No. Vessels |
0.79 |
1.17 |
3.00 |
0.00 |
0.52 |
|
Capital Ship Riots |
5.00 |
5.00 |
3.00 |
1.67 |
1.67 |
Table VII—Submarines, First Line, 700 Tons Plus, 13 Knots Plus
(Unlimited)
|
Power |
Built |
Authorized and Appropriated for or Building |
Totals |
Tonnage on Basis 5-5-3-1.67-1.67 |
To Attain the 5-5-3-1.67-1.67 with Japan |
|
|
No. Tons |
No. Tons |
No. Tons |
|
No.(a) Tons |
|
United States |
48 41,923 |
1 906 |
49 42,829 |
54,355 |
13 11,526 |
|
British Empire |
32 31,030(b) |
2(c) 1,780 |
34 32,810 |
54,355 |
25 21,545 |
|
Japanese Empire |
35(d) 28,620 |
4 3,002(e) |
39 32,612 |
32,612 |
None |
|
France |
18 16,148(f) |
11(g) 13,323 |
29 29,471 |
18,154 |
None |
|
Italy |
10 8,028 |
6 4,755 |
16 12,773 |
18,154 |
6 5,381 |
a) Number arrived at by assuming an arbitrary boat tonnage of 850 tons.
b) Includes three monitor and three mine-laying submarines.
c) Does not include two 1,000-ton submarines authorized by Australia
d) Does not include three 665-ton submarines completed 1923-24, or two 689-ton submarines completed 1920
e) Does not include one 665-ton submarine.
f) Includes three of mine-laying type.
g) Does not include twelve 600-ton submarines now building.
|
Actual Ratios, Submarine, 1st Line |
U.S. |
Brit. Emp. |
Jap. Emp. |
France |
Italy |
|
Tonnage |
3.93 |
3.02 |
3.00 |
2.71 |
1.17 |
|
No. Vessels |
3.82 |
2.62 |
3.00 |
2.23 |
1.23 |
|
Capital Ship Ratios |
5.00 |
5.00 |
3.00 |
1.67 |
1.67 |
Table VIII—Data Regarding Obsolescent, or Obsolete, Vessels Still Retained
|
|
United States |
British Empire |
Japanese Empire |
France |
Italy |
|
|
No. Tons |
No. Tons |
No. Tons |
No. Tons |
No. Tons |
|
CRUISERS (8-in. gun plus; 8,000 tons plus; 27 knots minus; completed before 1912 |
11 139,450 |
0 — |
6 54,672 |
10 121,166 |
3 31,800 |
|
LIGHT CRUISERS, (8-in. guns minus; 3,000-8,000 tons; 27 knots minus; completed before 1912 |
11 39,975 |
2 10,490 |
3 12,512 |
3 13,762 |
0 — |
|
DESTROYERS, 2nd line, 4-in. guns minus, 500-800 tons; 25 knots plus |
8 5,936 |
6 4,200 |
12 7,850 |
22 17,616 |
14 10,150 |
|
SUBMARINES, 2nd line, 3-in. guns minus; 700-tons minus; 10 knots plus |
65 31,282 |
25 10,808 |
12 4,637 |
26 11,195 |
31 8,785 |
|
FLEET SUBMARINES, 2nd line 3-in. guns; 1,000 tons plus; 20 knots minus |
3 3,318 |
1 1,200 |
0 — |
1 2,060 |
0 — |
|
MINE-LAYING SUBMARINES, 2nd line, 3-in. guns, 800 tons minus; 8 knots plus |
0 — |
0 — |
0 — |
3 1,525 |
2 800 |
Table IX—Naval Vessels of the Three Principal Powers in Commission
|
|
United States |
|
British Empire |
|
Japan |
|
|
|
Active |
In Reserve |
Active |
In Reserve |
Active |
In Reserve |
|
Capital Ships |
17 |
1 |
18 |
4(a) |
8 |
2 |
|
Aircraft Carriers |
1 |
None |
3 |
None |
1 |
None |
|
Cruisers, (Armored, 8,000 tons) Old 2nd Line |
5 |
None |
None |
None |
4 |
2 |
|
Light Cruisers Modern, 1st line Old, 2nd line |
10 3 |
None None |
32 7 |
5 3 |
10 2 |
4 4 |
|
Destroyers Flotilla leaders Destroyers,1st line Destroyers 2nd line Light mine-layers |
None
105
None 6 |
None
None
None None |
11
95
1 1 |
5
87
5 1 |
None
42
12 None |
None
28
None None |
|
Submarines Large (over 1,000 tons) 1st line 700-1,000 tons 2ndline, 700-tons minus |
1
48 32 |
None
None None |
8
16 20 |
4
13 2 |
5
34 None |
None
1 12 |
|
Miscellaneous Type |
178 |
None |
240 |
135 |
68 |
123 |
|
|
406 |
1 |
452 |
264 |
186 |
|
|
In Reserve |
1 |
|
264 |
|
123 |
|
|
Totals |
407 |
|
716 |
|
309 |
|
a) Four ships to be replaced by Rodney and Nelson, which will be active in 1926.
Table X—Naval Air Strength (Unlimited)
Note: The tables compiled herewith indicate the airplanes which may be carried with the different combatant ships of the fleets away from a coast defense area of 1,000 miles. No fairer comparison of naval air strength can be made than that based on the plane-carrying capacity of the fleets at sea. In this connection, it is assumed that aircraft carriers will carry a balanced force of airplanes—such as bombing, combat, observation planes. In case aircraft carriers should carry only the smaller types of planes (combat planes) the carrying capacities would be naturally increased.
|
Power |
Plane-Carrying Capacity Built |
|
Plane-Carrying Capacity Building |
|
Total |
Plane-Carrying Capacity on Basis 5-5-3-1.67-1.67 |
To Attain the 5-5-3-1.67-1.67 Capacity with Japanese Empire (f) |
|
|
Aircraft Carrier |
Battleships and Cruisers |
Aircraft Carriers(a) |
Battleships and Cruisers |
|
|
|
|
United States |
30 |
74 |
144 |
(e) |
248 |
377 |
129 |
|
British Empire |
90 |
116(b) |
216 |
120(d) |
542 |
542 |
None |
|
Japanese Empire |
26 |
38 |
144 |
18 |
226 |
226 |
None |
|
France |
0 |
26 |
72 |
14 |
112 |
112 |
14 |
|
Italy |
0 |
(c) |
10(d) |
4 |
14 |
126 |
112 |
a) Total tonnage of aircraft carriers limited by Treaty. (See table for Aircraft Carriers.)
b) Does not include capacity of four battleships to be scrapped in 1926 on commissioning of Rodney and Nelson.
c) No information available.
d) Estimated.
e) United States will build two cruisers, plane-carrying details unpublished.
f) Possible to attain capacity by (1) building aircraft carriers to total tonnage allowed by treaty and (2) building cruisers to a 5-5-3 basis.
|
Actual Ratios, Naval Air Strength |
U.S. |
Brit. Emp. |
Jap. Emp. |
France |
Italy |
|
Plane Carrying Capacity |
3.29 |
7.20 |
3.00 |
1.49 |
0.33 |
|
Capital Ship Ratios |
5.00 |
5.00 |
3.00 |
1.67 |
1.67 |
Future Building Programs of Foreign Powers
Additional to Ships Building in preceding tables.
According to Press Reports.
British Empire
(Passed by House of Commons)
British building 5 year program—cost £58,000,000
9 class A cruisers, 10,000 tons each
7 class B cruisers, 8,000 tons each
27 destroyers
23 submarines type 0-1
5 gunboats
4 minelayers
1 submarine tender
1 repair ship
1 net layer
1 floating dock
Italy
(Projected but not yet authorized)
3 Light cruisers—no data
8 Destroyers to be built between 1925-28 Authorized but not appropriated for—
8 submarines over 485 tons.
Japanese Empire
(Proposed—to be acted upon in coming Diet.)
40-ship building program for fiscal year 1926-30, including—
4 10,000-ton cruisers to replace four light cruisers completed one in 1910, three in 1912, total tonnage of 18,950
3 special service ships. (Presumably tenders)
20 (about) first class destroyers of approximately 1,500 tons each.
12 (about) fleet submarines of about 2,000 tons each.
France
(Passed Senate)
1 10,000-ton cruiser
3 2,500-ton destroyers
4 1,500-ton destroyers
8 1,500 ton submarines
2 mine-layers
1 aviation transport