Buch, Englisch, 502 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 226 mm x 284 mm, Gewicht: 1995 g
An Illustrated Design History
Buch, Englisch, 502 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 226 mm x 284 mm, Gewicht: 1995 g
ISBN: 978-1-68247-757-1
Verlag: Naval Institute Press
U.S. Destroyers is one the most comprehensive references available on the entire development of U.S. Destroyers, from their early torpedo boat forebears to the mass-produced Fletcher-class of World War II, through the Spruance and Perry classes of the Cold War, and to the workhorse Arleigh Burke-class of the contemporary Navy. Like the other books in Friedman's design-history series, U.S. Destroyers is based largely on formerly classified internal U.S. Navy records.
Friedman, a leading authority on U.S. warships, explains the political and technical rationales of warship construction and recounts the evolution of each design. Alan Raven and A.D. Baker III have created detailed scale outboard and plan views of each ship class and of major modifications to many classes. Numerous photographs complement the text.