US Navy fleet

Victory at Sea: US Navy fleet

Although the United States of America possesses a vast land area, almost all of its allies and trading partners are overseas, and these interests require a powerful navy to support them.

The US Navy possessed some of the largest and most modern battleships in the world at the outbreak of WWII, and despite losses in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, was able to maintain a strong presence in the Pacific. But in the vastness of that ocean, the battleship was no longer the king of battle. It was fortunate for the Americans that the handful of aircraft carriers then in service with the US Navy escaped destruction; given later events, it is doubtful that an all-battleship force could have defeated the Imperial Japanese Navy.

The aircraft carrier became the US Navy's most important asset during the war in the Pacific, which was a conflict between the aerial assets of opposing fleets. US carrier forces were under pressure early on, but as US industrial might came to bear, new aircraft carriers and air groups for them were deployed in such numbers that the enemy simply could not match their strength.

US Navy forces were mainly deployed in the Pacific, but some capital ships and a larger number of destroyers were used in the Atlantic, where their main opponents were German U-boats.

Contents:
- New Mexico Class Battleship - USS New Mexico 1941-42
- Essex Class Carrier - USS Essex 1944
- Northampton Class Cruiser - USS Houston 1940
- Northampton Class Cruiser - USS Chester 1941
- Portland Class Cruiser - USS Portland 1942
- Clemson Class Destroyer x3
- Fighter Bomber Aircraft - F4-U Corsair
- Ship cards and damage sliders
- Assembly instructions

Ships are in Warlord Resin and are supplied un-assembled and unpainted.