U.S. battleships: an illustrated design history

Norman Friedman

Naval Institute Press, 1985 - Transportation - 463 pages

This fully illustrated series offers detailed descriptions of the evolution of all classes of the principle U.S. combatant types, as well as plans, profiles, and numerous detailed photographs.

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Contents

• Introduction: 1
• The Predreadnoughts: 17
• The AllBigGun Ship: 51
• Theodore Roosevelts Fighting Machine 190709: 75
• The Wyoming and New York Classes 191011: 85
• The South Dakota Class: 155
• World War One: 171
• The Washington Treaty: 181
• Reconstruction: 189
• Design Studies 192834: 209
• The North Carolina Class: 243
• The South Dakota Class: 281
• The Iowa Class: 307
• The Montana Class: 329
• Battleships at War 194145: 345
• Postwar: 389
• A The Monitors: 405
• B Damage at Pearl Harbor: 415
• List of U S Battleships: 418
• Battleship Data List: 423
• Notes on Sources: 453
• Index: 458

About the author

Dr. Norman Friedman is a defense analyst and historian specializing in the intersection of technology and national strategy. He was Deputy Director of National Security Studies at the Hudson Insitute in New York under Herman Kahn, and later was personal consultant to the Secretary of the Navy for a decade. The author of 33 books, he conducted or co-authored numerous studies, and served as a futurologist for the U.S. Marine Corps in 2002-2004.

Bibliographic information

• Title: U.S. battleships: an illustrated design history; Illustrated Design Histories Series
• Author: Norman Friedman
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Naval Institute Press, 1985
• ISBN: 0870217151, 9780870217159
• Length: 463 pages
• Subjects: History / Military / Naval; Transportation / Ships & Shipbuilding / General; Transportation / Ships & Shipbuilding / History