Aircraft Quote by Barack Obama

You mention the Navy, for example, and the fact that we have fewer ships than we did in 1916. Well governor, we also have…

— Barack Obama

We had 600 ships, a 600 ship Navy under [Ronald] Reagan. We're down to 200 now [in 2016].

— Rush Limbaugh

On 9/11, 2001, the Navy stood at 316 ships. By 2008, after one of the great military buildups in American history, we were at…

— Ray Mabus

We have the smallest navy since 1916, we have the lowest number of troops since the end of the Second World War. We've got…

— Mike Pence

There are but few naval powers, but there are many land powers.

— Frank B. Kellogg

A fleet of the most powerful vessels would be of little use in war without a personnel at least as efficient as that of…

— William Sims

I do not hesitate to say that the limitation on naval craft between the great naval powers was too high.

— Frank B. Kellogg

If we had less statemanship we could get along with fewer battleships.

— Mark Twain

Having therefore no foreign establishments, either colonial or military, the ships of war of the United States, in war, will be like land birds,…

— Alfred Thayer Mahan

For far too long we have continued to mark our military prowess by the size of our forces: believing that numbers of ships, planes,…

— Joe Sestak

In my opinion, any navy less than that which would give us the habitual command of our own coast and seas would be little…

— John C. Calhoun

Our Navy is now the smallest it's been since, believe or not, World War I. Don't worry. It's going to soon be the largest…

— Donald Trump