Lawrence Burr

US Fast Battleships 1936-47: The North Carolina and South Dakota Classes

Buch

This volume details the design, construction, and operation of the first six of the ten US fast battleships, two of the North Carolina class and four of the South Dakota class. These six battleships were all authorized in 1936 and were the first vessels built in the US since 1923. Consequently, these ships benefitted from enormous technological leaps, with improvements in ship design, power, armor, armament and the single most important improvement the use of radar guided fire control helping to change the course of the war in the Pacific. Packed with first-hand accounts, battle reports, and specially created artwork this book tells the story… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Bull, Peter (Illustr.)

ISBN: 978-1-84603-510-4
EAN: 9781846035104
Produktnummer: 6954028
Verlag: Osprey Pub Inc
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
Seitenangabe: 48 S.
Masse: H24.6 cm x B18.5 cm x D0.8 cm 166 g
Reihenbandnummer: 169
Gewicht: 166

Über den Autor

Lawrence Burr has had a lifelong passion for naval history. He was recently the British specialist on a Channel 4 documentary about the battle of Jutland. He has also been part of a team who has conducted underwater explorations of the Battlecruiser wrecks and has visited a number of the key battleships detailed in this volume. He lives in the USA. Peter Bull graduated from art college in 1979 and has worked as a freelance illustrator for over 25 years. He has created both traditional and digital art for publishers worldwide, and also runs the Peter Bull Art Studio, based in Kent, UK, which he founded in 1975.