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"the two largest navies in the world"

I think you have this upside down. The US has the two largest air forces in the world: the USAF and the US Navy. The USAF hardly has any ships, though.

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In addition the US Navy isn't just the biggest navy in the world, it's the biggest by a landslide. Any way you measure it whether by supercarriers[1] or water displacement it's larger than the worlds other navies combined.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercarrier

Whoops, yes that's correct.

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