"The United States navy is known to be the largest in the world. Even if the next seventeen forces in the list were combined, they do not stand equivalent to the United States navy. The budget of the US navy for the fiscal year 2008 is around $127.3 billion. Around 335,000 personnel are on duty in the US navy and there are around 128,000 personnel in held Reserve. Currently, the US navy operates on 280 ships and 3,700 aircraftsEven the world's prime carrier fleet with eleven carriers in service and two under construction is possessed by United States Navy." http://www.navioline.com/united-states-navy-world's-largest-navy.html
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America has the largest navy. currently there are 342000 people on active duty and about 129634 on reserve link:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2076694.cms
The Dutch Merchant fleet was the biggest in the world from 1600 till 1750. After that the English became the leading country.
The USA has the biggest navy so it has most warships
Probably the 7th Fleet.
Well, honey, the U.S. Navy has had a total of 9 Fleet Admirals. Those big shots were William D. Leahy, Ernest King, Chester W. Nimitz, and William F. Halsey, just to name a few. So, there you have it, darling, a handful of Navy's finest Fleet Admirals strutting their stuff.
The worlds most powerful navy was the British Royal Navy. The Kaiser built a huge modern fleet to rival the RN. This was an arms race. Dreadnought was a class of battleship.