US Navy Battleships 1886-98. The pre-dreadnoughts and monitors that fought the Spanish-American War/Линкоры ВМС США 1886-98 годов. Боевые корабли времен Испано-Американской войны

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This fully illustrated study examines the US's first six battleships, a story of political compromises, clean sheet designs, operational experience, and experimental improvements. These ships directly inspired the creation of an embryonic American military-industrial complex, enabled a permanent outward-looking shift in American foreign policy, and laid the foundations of the modern US Navy.
After the American Civil War, the US Navy had been allowed to decay into complete insignificance, yet the commissioning of the modern Brazilian battleship Riachuelo and poor performance against the contemporary Spanish fleet, forced the US out of its isolationist posture towards battleships.
The first true US battleships began with the experimental Maine and Texas, followed by the three-ship Indiana class, and the Iowa class, which incorporated lessons from the previous ships. These initial ships set the enduring US battleship standard of being heavily armed and armored at the expense of speed.

Contents
Introduction
Design and development
The New Navy
Construction
US pre-dreadnought weapons
Large Monitors 1874-1903
USS Puritan (1896)
Amphitrite class (1891-96)
USS Monterey (1893)
Arkansas class (1902-03)
First class battleships 1886-95
USS Maine (1895)
USS Texas (1895)
First-class battleships 1889-97
Indiana class (1895-96)
USS Iowa (1897)
Operational history
The Maine disaster, February 15, 1898
The Spanish-American War, April-August 1898
The Pacific and Asiatic 1898-1900
Twilight careers 1903-56
Conclusion
Select bibliography
Index