Spending Patterns of the United States Navy

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Historians who have studied American naval policy between World War I and II have mainly paid attention to the development of strategic doctrines and political conflicts over funding. The purpose of this article is to examine actual spending by the Navy Department on the supply and maintenance of the fleet, focusing on spending between the Washington agreements and American entry into World War II. Overall expenditures, as well as spending on routine operations and day-to-day upkeep of naval units and installations, are important because they reflect decisions made within the navy about the importance of certain ship types and weapons. The author concludes that the navy made the necessary expenditures: battleships were modernized, escorts were prepared to support them, submarines were kept in readiness to blockade Japan, and overall, the fleet was balanced.
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