600 Ship Navy

The United States Navy was a major winner as a result of the incease in Reagan’s military budget. Multiple new ships, submarines, and weapons were reasearched and built because of the extra money. New nimitz class super carriers were built and the old ones refitted to serve longer. Overall the navy was the biggest winner of the American armed services in this way. As part of the plan the Iowa class battleships which were built during world war two were refitted, modernized and sent to serve once again in the active Navy. My mother’s father was a serviceman on the USS Wisconsin which was one of the battleships refitted for service during the 1980s. Before its first decommsioning the Wisconsin served in the pacific during World War two and also in the Korean War.

USS Abraham Lincoln- Nimitz Class Supercarrier- ordered under 600 ship navy

Los Angeles class attack submarine