Could the Chinese Navy become a threat to the U.S. Navy? The U.S. Navy has 298 warships, making it smaller than the Chinese Navy, but that includes 11 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. Ship for ship, America’s Navy is larger and more powerful.Still, China is catching up. According to the International Institute for Strategic Studies, “between 2015 and 2017, China launched almost 400,000 tonnes of naval vessels, about twice the output of U.S. shipyards in that period.”
