Книга на английском языке the forgotten story of the major naval operations conducted in the philippines by the us and japanese navies after leyte gulf up to the us invasion of luzon in january 1945. the events that took place in the aftermath of the battle of leyte gulf in...
Книга на английском языке of the 17 battleships that the united states navy (usn) went to war with in december 1941, 15 of these were older ships dating back to 1912. the most recent of these were the ships of the tennessee and colorado classes which constituted five of...
Книга на английском языке an illustrated history of the long cold war careers of the us navy's last gun destroyers, from the modernized world war ii-era fletcher-class to the forrest sherman-class. the finest american destroyers of world war ii had surprisingly long careers...
Книга на английском языке 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...
Книга на английском языке it was official – the age of the gunboat had passed. in december 1904, with a few strokes of his pen, the first sea lord sir john ‘jacky’ fisher decreed that the royal navy would scrap most of its large fleet of gunboats. it was a force he...
Книга на английском языке since 1805, the royal navy had reigned supreme on the world’s oceans. though this supremacy was challenged at times, by the turn of the 20th century the royal navy was facing its most serious challenge in some 100 years. this challenge came in the...
Книга на английском языке this book examines all the us navy heavy cruisers built during and after world war ii. this includes the largest class of heavy cruisers ever built, the 14-ship baltimore class. of these, only seven were commissioned in time to see service during...
