James Holmes Recent Posts These Five Navies Are by Far the World’s Largest The U.S. Navy Built USS Midway Too Late for World War II — and It Served for the Next 47 Years Israel Said It Destroyed Iran’s Last F-14 Tomcats in March: Three Months Later, Tehran Released Footage of One Still Flying The U.S. Navy Built 24 Essex-Class Aircraft Carriers in World War II: Today’s Shipyards Couldn’t Repeat It Japan’s Soryu Submarines Started as AIP Hunters and Ended as Battery Pioneers: The Quiet Boats Guarding the First Island Chain