![]() ![]() ![]() In January 1941, the Commander in Chief of the Japanese Combined Fleet, Admiral Isoruku Yamamoto began planning for a surprise attack on the US Navy at Pearl Harbor. ![]() The following year eight battleships and three aircraft carriers were added to the strength of the US Navy. Congress passed the Two Oceans Navy Bill in July 1940 allowed for the building of 1,325,000 tons of new warships. The navy also retained control over specialist carrier aircraft such as the Grumman Hellcat and Douglas SBD-3.Īfter the outbreak of the Second World War the US government became concerned about the dangers posed by Japan. The Lexington and Saratoga aircraft carriers had appeared in 1927. As a result, the US Navy was the only country capable of rivaling Japan in the field of naval aviation. Since the 1920s the US Navy was based on the view that the Japanese Navy posed the main threat to the United States. In 1939 the US Navy had 15 battleships, 5 aircraft carriers, 18 heavy cruisers and 19 light cruisers. ![]()
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