US Standard-Type Battleships 1941-45 (1). Nevada, Pennsylvania and New Mexico Classes/Линкоры США стандартного типа 1941-45 (1). Классы "Невада", "Пенсильвания" и "Нью-Мексико

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The United States Navy (USN) went to war in December 1941 with 17 battleships in commission, which gave it the largest battle fleet in the world.
The commissioning of the two North Carolina-class battleships in 1941 created the USN’s first new battleships since 1923. These were the first of ten modern battleships that recorded productive and high-profile wartime careers. However, of the 17 battleships in service, 15 were older units, with the earliest dating back to 1912. These were still seen as the heart of the fleet and critical to the Navy’s war plans. Though these ships did not play the central wartime role forecast by many of the Navy’s admirals, they did have active careers and made real, and often overlooked, contributions to victory.
This book covers the seven ships of the Nevada, Pennsylvania and New Mexico classes, which were the first “superdreadnoughts” in USN service.
См. также US Standard-type Battleships 1941-45 (2). Tennessee, Colorado and Unbuilt Classes/Линкоры стандартного типа США 1941-45 (2). Теннесси, Колорадо и нереализованные проекты

Contents
Introduction
The Impact of Naval Treaties on USN Battleship Development
American battleship design developments
Interwar Reconstruction of American Battleships
American Battleship Weapons
USN Battleship Radar
The battleship classes
Nevada Class
Pennsylvania Class
New Mexico Class
Analysis and conclusion
Bibliography
Index