Mark Stille

US Standard-type Battleships 1941-45 (2) (eBook, PDF)

Tennessee, Colorado and Unbuilt Classes
Illustrator: Wright, Paul

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book completes an authoritative two-part study on the Standard-type US battleships of World War II - ships that were designed to fight a different type of war than the one that unfolded. It gives precise technical details of the design history and features of the Tennessee, Colorado and the unfinished South Dakota and Lexington classes, whilst providing an operational history of the former two. Written by a leading expert on the US Navy in World War II and augmented by contemporary photographs and specially commissioned illustrations, this is the other half of the story of the US Standard-type battleships - from the terrible damage they sustained at Pearl Harbor to their support of the war-winning landings of the US Marine Corps and US Army.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 48
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472807007
• Artikelnr.: 45353337

Autorenporträt

Mark Stille is the author of numerous Osprey titles focusing on naval history in the Pacific. He recently concluded a nearly 40-year career in the intelligence community, including tours on the faculty of the Naval War College, on the Joint Staff and on US Navy ships. He received his BA in History from the University of Maryland and also holds an MA from the Naval War College.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
World War II naval strategy and the role of the battleship
Design developments
Weapons
Fire control
Tactics
Tennessee class
Colorado class
South Dakota class
Lexington class
Analysis and Conclusion
Bibliography
Index