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Mark Stille

US Heavy Cruisers 1941-45

Pre-war Classes

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Designed and produced under the regulations of the Washington Naval Treaty, the heavy cruisers of the Pensacola, Northampton, Portland, New Orleans and Wichita classes were exercises in compromise. While they possessed very heavy armament - the Pensacolas, for example, carrying a main battery of ten 8 guns - this came at the cost of protection - armor was the same thickness as a gun cruiser, and incapable of protecting the vessels from enemy 8 fire. As the classes evolved, these flaws began to be corrected, with the main battery being reduced, and increased protection being added to the vital areas of the ship. Despite these drawbacks, the pr… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Wright, Paul (Illustr.)
  • ISBN: 978-1-78200-631-2
  • EAN: 9781782006312
  • Produktnummer: 17924811
  • Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
  • Seitenangabe: 48 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 7'169 KB
  • Auflage: 1. Auflage

Über den Autor


Mark Stille (Commander, United States Navy, retired) received his BA in History from the University of Maryland and also holds an MA from the Naval War College. 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 is the author of numerous Osprey titles focusing on naval history in the Pacific.

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