World navies comparative frigate strengths from 1939 to 1958.
Year | USN | RN | Fr | Ne | USSR | |
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1939 | 43 | 46 | 5 | |||
1941 | 22 | |||||
1945 | 482 | 598 | 35 | 6 | 48 | |
1948 | 13 | |||||
1950 | 11 | |||||
1951 | 36 | 44 | 16 | |||
1952 | 89 | |||||
1954 | 33 | |||||
1955 | 60 | |||||
1957 | 71 | 26 | 61 | |||
1952 | 18 |
Source: Friedman, Norman. The Postwar Naval Revolution. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1986.