Description: US Destroyers 1942-45Wartime Classes (NVG 165)Dave McComb (Author) & Paul Wright (Illustrator)Few if any 20th century warships were more justly acclaimed than the destroyers of the US Navy's Fletcher class. Admired as they were for their advanced and rakish design, it was their record as workhorses of the Pacific War that placed them among the most battle-tested and successful fighting ships of all time. This title describes the Fletchers and their Allen M. Sumner- and Gearing-class derivatives, their machinery, armament, and construction, with a listing of all 343 ships by hull number and builder. It features an operational history of the 287 ships commissioned during World War II, which traces the evolution of night surface action tactics in the Solomon Islands and the parallel development of the Combat Information Center; the drive across the Pacific and liberation of the Philippines with tables showing the rapid introduction of new squadrons; and the radar pickets' climactic stand against kamikaze aircraft at Okinawa. With summaries of losses and decorations and specially commissioned artwork, this is a definitive book on the wartime US destroyer classes. Publisher : Osprey Publishing; Illustrated edition (April 20, 2010) Language : English Paperback : 48 pages ISBN-10 : 1846034442 ISBN-13 : 9781846034442
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Book Title: US Destroyers 1942-45 : Wartime Classes
Book Series: New Vanguard
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Original Language: English
Item Length: 9.5in.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Series: New Vanguard
Publication Year: 2010
Type: Illustrated Book
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Special Attributes: Illustrated
Item Height: 0.2in.
Author: Dave Mccomb
Features: Illustrated
Genre: History, Military
Topic: Combat, Navy, Ships, War, Warfare, World War II, Military / World War II
Subjects: History & Military
Item Width: 7.2in.
Item Weight: 5.6 Oz
Number of Pages: 48 Pages
