US Fast Battleships 1936-47: The North Carolina and South Dakota Classes by Burr, Lawrence

US Fast Battleships 1936-47: The North Carolina and South Dakota Classes (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781846035104)

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US Fast Battleships 1936-47: The North Carolina and South Dakota Classes by Burr, Lawrence

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

$20.00
US Fast Battleships 1936-47: The North Carolina and South Dakota Classes by Burr, Lawrence

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

$20.00
Format: Paperback
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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 of these war-winning vessels.

Author: Lawrence Burr
ISBN-10: 1846035104
ISBN-13: 9781846035104
Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
Language: English
Published: 11/23/2010
Pages: 48
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 9.50h x 7.10w x 0.30d
By Lawrence Burr
By Lawrence Burr
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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.

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