US Warship construction:nebelwerferXXX wrote:The RM 33-billion German 'Z-Plan'
(a) Six battleships of 56,000 tons;
(b) Two battleships (Bismarck and Tirpitz) of 42,000 tons;
(c) Three pocket-battleships of 31,000 tons, mounting 15-inch guns, with Scharnhorst and Gneisenau
converted from 11-inch to 15-inch;
(d) Three pocket-battleships (Deutschland, Admiral Scheer, Graf Spee);
(e) Two aircraft-carriers (Graf Zeppelin, launched in 1938, plus one other);
(f) Five heavy cruisers (Hipper, Blucher, Prinz Eugen, Seydlitz, Lutzow);
(g) 44 light cruisers (of which six were already completed);
(h) 68 destroyers and 90 torpedo-boats;
(i) Some 249 U-boats-coastal, sea-going, and ocean-going.
source:
Hitler's high sea fleet
$ 40,734-million for Ships = RM 101.835-Billion (or equivalent to more than 3 times of the German 'Z-plan')
---105 carriers (inc. 17 ships, Essex-Class)(inc. 9 ships, Independence-Class)
---25 battleships (inc. 4 ships, Iowa-Class)
---100 cruisers (inc. 38 ships, Cleveland-Class)
---441 destroyers (inc. 176 ships, Fletcher-Class)
sources:
Atlas of World History, Volume 2
The Time Line of World War II