The US Army had 128,000 vessles during WWII

Comparison of U.S. Army and U.S. Navy Vessels in World War II

U.S. Army Floating Equipment in World War II
Army Ships over 1,000 Gross Tons
Troopships, owned/bareboat chartered 80
Troopships, allocated 114
Troopships, foreign-flag, allocated 18
Cargo ships, owned/bareboat chartered 83
Cargo ships, time or voyage chartered 32
Cargo ships, non-Maritime Commission type, allocated 195
Cargo ships, Maritime Commission type, allocated 102
Cargo ships/troopships, Victory ships, allocated 107
Cargo ships/troopships, Liberty ships, allocated 748
Cargo ships, unclassifiable, allocated 3
Cargo ships, Southwest Pacific Area and Philippines 75
Total 1,557

Additional Army Ships over 1,000 Gross Tons
Hospital ships 31
Aircraft repair ships 6
Hopper dredges 33
Port repair ships 10
Marine repair ships 6
Spare-parts ships 7
Cable ships 3
Communication ship 1
Tanker 6
Coastal cargo ships 4
Cargo ship, bareboat chartered, Panama Canal Company 1
Total Ships over 1,000 Gross Tons 108

Army Vessels under 1,000 Gross Tons
Coastal cargo ships/FS boats 511
Coastal cargo ships, Philippines 36
Ferries 11
Coastal tankers 121
Tugs, all types 4,343
Small cargo vessels 289
Minecraft 361
Landing craft 489
Tenders 251
Military dredge tenders 7
Cable vessels 2
Communication ships 3
Rescue and patrol craft 516
Aircraft retrieval vessels 11
Target vessel 1
Launches and small craft 4,697
Inland waterway vessels: Corps of Engineers 532
Inland waterway vessels: Panama Canal Company 193
Sailing vessels 5
Total 12,379


Army Barges and Non-Propelled Craft
Barges, all types and purposes 8,596
Ponton sections/units 16,787
Total 25,383


Army Amphibious Assault Craft
Total 88,366


Grand Total Army Vessels 127,793


http://www.usmm.org/armynavy.html

 

From the same page:

Total Army vessels excluding pontons 111,006
Total Navy vessels excuding tracked amphibious vehicles 74,708

total 185,714

So where did they find this number???
-Grand Total Army Vessels 127,793

What do they compare?
-Comparison of U.S. Army and U.S. Navy Vessels in World War II

I only see U.S. Army...U.S. Navy is non existing on that page! :roll:

 

i guess somebody just loved statistics

 

I guess it's just missing some stats :roll:

 

Very interesting. Not many folks think of vessels belonging to the Army.

 

This is somewhat anecdotal, in that I can't remember where I read it, or what installation was referenced, but...

As whatever US military installation it was, the Army had a boat unit, the Navy had an aviation detachment, and the Air Force was in charge of ground security. Go figure...

 

An interesting setup, to say the least.