Battleships: United States Battleships, 1935-1992 (Battleships)

Part Of A Three-volume Set On The World's Battleships, This Book Provides A Comprehensive History Of All U.s. Navy Battleships And Battlecruisers Built, Designed, Or Projected Built Since The Early 1930s. It Covers Their Design And Construction, Operational Careers, And Eventual Disposition. Complete Plans Are Presented For Many Classes As Well As Extensive Technical Data Covering Their Characteristics And Performance, Information That Is Sometimes Hard To Find And Often. Contradictory. The Operational Careers Of The Ships Are Chronicled In Detail. Incidents That Challenged A Ship's Design Adequacy, Particularly From The Standpoint Of Damage Resistance, Are Discussed. Originally Published In 1976 With The Subtitle U.s. Battleships In World War Ii, The Book Has Undergone Significant Revision. Not Only Has It Been Brought Up To Date With The Addition Of A New Chapter Covering The Iowa-class Reactivation Through 1992, But The Book Now. Includes Revelations Uncovered In Newly Accessible Material. The Authors Offer A Complete Description And Analysis Of The Tragic Turret Explosion Aboard The Uss Iowa In April 1989, With Conclusions That Differ From Those Widely Reported By The Media And From Those Officially Presented By The Navy. In An Appendix, They Bring To Light For The First Time The Full Extent Of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Involvement In The Shaping Of The U.s. Fleet And Credit Him With. Influencing The Design, Construction, And Deployment Of Battleships And Battlecruisers Built During His Administration. For Example, They Cite Roosevelt As The Individual Responsible For The Speed And Endurance Of The Alaska-class Battleships And The Design And Construction Of The Alaska-class Battlecruisers And For Controlling The Number, General Characteristics, Gunnery, And Anti-aircraft Armament Of Other Classes As Well. In Addition, This Massive Work Now Offers. Information About The Secret Development Of Accurate Long-range Major-caliber Gunfire Control In The Period Before World War Ii, The Proposed Conversion Of The Iowa And Alaska Ships To Aircraft Carriers, And The Twin-skeg Problems Encountered By Battleships. Ship Histories Have Been Updated To Include Details About The Service Of The Four Reactivated Iowa Battleships And Their Recent Retirements. Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. The North Carolina Class -- Ch. 3. The South Dakota Class -- Ch. 4. The Iowa Class -- Ch. 5. The Montana Class -- Ch. 6. The Alaska Class -- Ch. 7. Return Of The Dreadnought -- Ch. 8. Conclusion -- App: A. President Roosevelt And His Navy -- App: B. Representative Battleship Arrangement -- App: C. Battleship And Battlecruiser Guns -- App: D. Preliminary Designs Of North Carolina And South Dakota. By William H. Garzke, Jr., Robert O. Dulin, Jr. ; Line Drawings By Robert F. Sumrall, Thomas G. Webb. Dulin's Name Appears First On The Earlier Edition. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [367]-376) And Index. Introduction -- The Yamato Class -- The Scharnhorst Class -- The Bismarck Class -- Germany : The H -- Class Battleships -- The O -- Class Battlecruisers -- The Vittorio Veneto Class -- Spain -- Conclusion -- Appendixes : A. Stability Characteristics Of The Bismarck Class -- B. Inboard Profile And Deck Plans Of The Bismarck -- C. Battleship And Battlecruiser Guns. By William H. Garzke, Jr., Robert O. Dulin, Jr. ; Line Drawings By Thomas G. Webb, Alan Raven. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 499-510. Introduction -- The Dunkerque Class -- The Richelieu Class -- The Netherlands-design 1047 -- The King George V Class -- The Lion Class -- The Vanguard -- The Sovetskii Soyuz Class -- Soviet Battlecruisers -- Conclusion. By William H. Garzke, Jr., Robert O. Dulin, Jr. ; Line Drawings By Thomas G. Webb. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 377-385. Contains the only published photographs of the damage sustained by HMS Prince of Wales in her action with the Bismarck. Updated to include British and French radar systems as well as extensive information on the French Richelieu-class and a sketch of the Alsace-class. Updated to provide new information on the German battleship Bismarck, including details of her condition before capsizing and how she was scuttled, and evidence revealed by Ballard's discovery of the wreck. One of three volumes that trace the design, construction, and operation of post-1930 battleships and battlecruisers.