The US Navy's dramatic expansion encouraged a rigid, centrally structured command system that could coordinate many relatively inexperienced officers. Britain drew on a larger pool of experienced regular and reserve officers and could delegate more loosely. Each system was an institutional adaptation to a different officer pool and expansion problem. Their strengths depended on context, so the comparison does not produce a simple ranking of the two navies.
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British and American wartime command cultures
Different officer pools helped produce looser British command and more centralized American control during rapid wartime expansion.