Notably, it sold two pre-dreadnought battleships, USS Mississippi and USS Idaho, to Greece in 1914 but refrained from transferring any World War II-era battleships or carriers. -In contrast ...
twelve older (“pre-dreadnought”) battleships; four cruisers; 16 destroyers; five submarines; seven minesweeping trawlers; and the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal with six seaplanes aboard.