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Images of War
United States Navy Destroyers: Rare Photographs From Wartime Archives
This pictorial history examines the key role played by US Navy destroyers from the turn of the twentieth century through the Cold War and beyond.
The first sixteen United States Navy destroyers were ordered in 1898. Prior to America's entry into the First World War, another sixty-three destroyers were commissioned and, due to the U-boat threat, 267 more were authorized by Congress once hostilities were joined.
Between 1932 and Pearl Harbor ten new classes totaling 169 destroyers came into service. During the Second World War, American shipyards turned out a further 334 vessels. Of the three classes, the 175 Fletcher-class were judged the most successful.
The Cold War years saw the development of seven more classes, while more recent additions include eighty-two of the stealth-shaped Arleigh Burke class. In this comprehensive account, author and military expert Michael Green combines a superb collection of historical images with an authoritative text.
The first sixteen United States Navy destroyers were ordered in 1898. Prior to America's entry into the First World War, another sixty-three destroyers were commissioned and, due to the U-boat threat, 267 more were authorized by Congress once hostilities were joined.
Between 1932 and Pearl Harbor ten new classes totaling 169 destroyers came into service. During the Second World War, American shipyards turned out a further 334 vessels. Of the three classes, the 175 Fletcher-class were judged the most successful.
The Cold War years saw the development of seven more classes, while more recent additions include eighty-two of the stealth-shaped Arleigh Burke class. In this comprehensive account, author and military expert Michael Green combines a superb collection of historical images with an authoritative text.
339 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 2, 2020
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Michael Green is an American historian of armoured vehicles of the Second World War. He has written extensively on American tanks. He has written over a hundred books on various subjects with a specialisation in tanks.
Michael[4^]Green
Co-Author with Gladys Green
Michael Green is an American historian of armoured vehicles of the Second World War. He has written extensively on American tanks. He has written over a hundred books on various subjects with a specialisation in tanks.
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