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U.S. DESTROYERS: AN ILLUSTRATED DESIGN HISTORY

by Norman Friedman

Published by Arms & Armour Press. 1st UK. 1982

Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. The history of the U.S. destroyer development based on the internal, formerly classified papers of the U.S. Navy. Dark grey cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos and profile drawings.

Text block slightly browned. Mark to verso of front endpaper (minor). Contents clean. Black pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and slightly faded to spine.

ISBN: 0853685215
Stock no. 1828320

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Contents

  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • Key to Line Drawings
  • Introduction
  • 1 Prologue: Torpedo Boats into Destroyers, 1886-1898
  • 2 A Decade of Developments, 1906-1916
  • 3 The Mass Production Destroyer, 1917-1922
  • 4 Destroyer ASW, World War and After
  • 5 Leaders and the Interwar Period: 1917-1940
  • 6 To the Big Destroyers, 1941-1945
  • 7 The Destroyer Escorts, 1941-1945
  • 8 Destroyer Warfare, 1941-1945
  • 9 Destroyer ASW: World War II and After
  • 10 Destroyer AAW: World War II and After
  • 11 The Ultimate Destroyer, 1944-1951
  • 12 Postwar ASW Escort
  • 13 The Fast Task Force Escorts
  • 14 Nuclear Destroyers and Frigates
  • 15 The New Escorts: SCB 199, Seahawk, DX FFG
  • 16 The Future
  • Notes to Tables
  • Notes on Sources
  • Index

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