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SUMMARY OF MAJOR MILITARY FORCES
(As of 1 January 1974 Unless Otherwise Indicated)
Department of Defense Military Strength as of 31 December 1973
Total numerical strength of the
Armed Forces............. 2,201,539
Army................. 782,243
Navy.................. 556,209
Marine Corps .... 189,392
Air Force............ 673,695
This represents a decrease of 317,581 from the 31 December 1972 combined strength of 2,346,494.
as of 30 June 1974 (estimated)
Total numerical strength of the
Armed Forces............. 2,174,000
Army............... 732,000
Navy............... 551,000
Marine Corps .... 196,000 Air Force 645,000
Department of the Navy
Attack Carrier Air Wings.... 14
Carrier Antisubmarine Warfare Groups . 2 Active Aircraft Inventory (Navy
and Marine Corps)....... 6,292
Operational aircraft............ 5,279
Non-operational support aircraft, aircraft in progressive rework, and aircraft in the operational
pipeline............. .•....... 1,013
Marine Divisions.................. 3
First Marine Division Based at Camp Pendleton,
California Second Marine Division Based in North Carolina:
Elements deploy to Mediterranean and Caribbean Third Marine Division Okinawa
Marine Air Wings................. 3
First Marine Air Wing Japan
Second Marine Air Wing North Carolina Third Marine Air Wing California
(Note: Marine Reservists on inactive duty compose the Fourth Marine Air Wing and Fourth Marine Division.)
Major Ship and Aircraft Procurements, Fiscal Year 1974
New Ships to be Built 1 Trident SSBN 1 CVAN 68 5 SSN 688 7 DD 963
Plus long lead time items on
SSN Program
DLGN Program
DD 963 Program
PHM Program
SCS
PF Program 2 SSBN 1 AS
Procurement of Aircraft
8 TAV-8A
1 EC-130
10 KC-130R 50 F-14 Tomcats 20 AV-8A Harriers 18 P-3C Orion 6 EA-6B Intruders 13 A-6E Intruders 30 A-7E Corsairs 24 UH-lN Iroquois 45 S-3A Vikings
9 E-2C Hawkeyes
15 AH-1J Sea Cobras 24 T-2C Buckeyes 44 A-4M Skyhawks 5 F5-E
Conversions of Existing Ships
2 SSBN
1 DLGN '
2 DLG
Admirals and Principal Commands of the Navy
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. . .
..... Admiral Thomas H. Moorer
Washington, D.C.
Chief of Naval Operations......
98
85
6
18
8
2,054
52
110
.... Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr.
Washington, D.C. Commander in Chief, Allied
Forces, Southern Europe............
..... Admiral Means Johnston, Jr.
Gaeta, Italy
Commander in Chief, Pacific..
..... Admiral Noel A. M. Gaylor
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Commander in Chief, Atlantic;
CinC Atlantic Fleet; and Supreme Allied Commander,
Atlantic....................................
..... Admiral... Ralph W. Cousins
Norfolk, Va,
Commander in Chief, U. S.
Pacific Fleet..............................
..... Admiral. Maurice Weisncr
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Vice Chief of Naval Operations
. . . Admiral James L. Holloway, W Washington, D.C. Commander in Chief, U. S.
Naval Forces, Europe................
..... Admiral Worth H. Bagky
London, England
Chief of Naval Material
..... Admiral Isaac C. Kidd, Jr
Washington, D.C
Numbered Fleets and Their Commanders
Second Fleet
Commander ........................... •
.... Vice Admiral John G. Finnerafl Flagship . USS Newport News (CA-148)
Third Fleet
Commander.............................
..... Vice Admiral William T. RapP
Flagship .... USS Providence (CLG-6) (Established 1 February 1973)
Sixth Fleet
Commander.............................
.... Vice Admiral Daniel J. Murphy Flagship .... USS Springfield (CLG-4 Seventh Fleet
Commander............................. -
. . . Vice Admiral George P. Steele. H Flagship . .USS Oklahoma City (CLG-5)
U. S. Coast Guard _
Uniformed personnel 36,097
Officers.................... 4,421
Warrant Officers...... 1,239
Cadets.................... 1,032
Enlisted Men......... 29,400
Commissioned ships and boats . 259
Cutters......................... 44
Buoy Tenders.........
Patrol Craft.............
Lightships..............
Tugs......................
Icebreakers............
Non-commissioned boats Fixed-wing aircraft.... Helicopters
Naval
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FORCES SUMMARY, FEBRUARY 1974
mpilcd by the Office of the Navy Comptroller, Statistics and Reports Branch
1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 1973 | 1973 | 1974 | 297.5 |
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812 | 917 | 976 | 654 | 584 | 512 | 511 | 508 |
421 | 436 | 484 | 393 | 359 | 303 | 302 | 314 |
14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 |
9 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - |
14 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 |
7 | 25 | 31 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 32 |
218 | 179 | 181 | 93 | 71 | 33 | 32 | 35 |
1 | 21 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 |
103 | 85 | 72 | 38 | 24 | 14 | 12 | 10 |
8 | 19 | 33 | 56 | 60 | 60 | 61 | 67 |
2 | 21 | 41 | 41 | 41 | 41 | 41 | 41 |
41 | 40 | 50 | 66 | 67 | 63 | 63 | 64 |
4 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 |
113 | 133 | 157 | 77 | 66 | 65 | 65 | 65 |
5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
_ | 3 | 8 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
43 | 41 | 64 | 30 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
62 | 78 | 72 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 |
81 | 85 | 84 | 31 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 3 |
197 | 263 | 251 | 153 | 148 | 135 | 135 | 126 |
8863 | 8391 | 8491 | 6752 | 6574 | 6292 | 6475 | 6283 |
2052 | 1889 | 1834 | 1517 | 1560 | 1486 | 1539 | 1489 |
768 | 1108 | 1134 | 476 | 468 | 401 |
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1284 | 733 | 262 | 195 | 223 | 226 |
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1718 | 1360 | 1231 | 962 | 936 | 895 | 924 | 899 |
10 | 368 | 672 | 661 | 637 | 617 |
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1708 | 992 | 559 | 301 | 281 | 240 |
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601 | 423 | 337 | 181 | 168 | 159 | 138 | 184 |
656 | 604 | 541 | 443 | 422 | 423 | 437 | 429 |
2030 | 1859 | 2125 | 1522 | 1467 | 1444 | 1439 | 1332 |
934 | 1154 | 1445 | 1308 | 1267 | 1179 | 1286 | 1276 |
822 | 1102 | 978 | 819 | 754 | 706 | 712 | 674 |
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79 | 84 | 81 | 68 | 67 | 70 | 70 | 70 |
- | 2 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 |
2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
30 | 30 | 30 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 |
25 | 27 | 24 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 19 |
26 | 20 | 28 | 33 | 34 | 33 | 33 | 35 |
3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
26 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 |
11 | 15 | 25 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 |
10 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Summary of Forces 303
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TotCES (NUMfiER)
^RSHi ACTIVE fleet SHIPS
battleships (BB)
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^marines (SSN)
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pCcan Escorts (DE, DEG, DER, DH)
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TSSauult Sh‘P (LPH)
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