Battleships

Download or read book The Battleship Book written by Robert M. Farley and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2015-12-17 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the moment when the launching of HMS Dreadnought made every capital ship in the world obsolete overnight, we have been fascinated with these powerful surface combatants. Here Robert M. Farley looks at the history and folklore that makes these ships enduring symbols of national power—and sometimes national futility. From Arizona to Yamato, here are more than sixty lavishly illustrated accounts of battleships from the most well-known to the most unusual, including at least one ship from every nation that ever owned a modern battleship. Separate essays and sidebars look at events and lore that greatly affected battleships.

Download or read book U.S. Battleships written by Norman Friedman and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2016-03-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers the development of U.S. battleships, from the Maine and Texas of 1886, through the Montana class of World War II, up to the recommissioned Iowas. It examines the original designs as well as the many modifications and reconstructions these ships underwent during their long and active careers. Like the other books in Norman Friedmans design-history series, U.S. Battleships is based largely on formerly classified internal U.S. Navy records. But research for this book has also included a full survey of British files, both those compiled when American ships served with the Royal Navy in the two world wars and those supplied by British battleship designers attached to the U.S. Navy. In addition, the author consulted official battle damage reports to help evaluate various designs.

Download or read book American Battleships, 1886-1923 written by John C. Reilly and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 1980 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Battleships written by William H. Garzke and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Battleship Sailor written by Theodore C. Mason and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2013-01-15 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vigorous and highly readable, this portrait of the enlisted man's life aboard the U.S. battleship California depicts the devastation at Pearl Harbor from the hazardous vantage point of the open "birdbath" atop the mainmast.

Download or read book Battleships written by Michael Green and published by Capstone. This book was released on 1998 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces the development, military uses, weaponry, dangers, and locomotion of battleships. Includes photo diagram.

Download or read book Battleships written by Tomás López Medel and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: