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Author: Kazushige Todaka
Publisher: Japanese Naval Warship Photo A
Published: 2019
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781682473856
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"This volume features selected photos of the Japanese battleships, Yamato and Musashi, from the archives of the Kure Maritime Museum. It includes photos taken by the Kure Naval Arsenal of the ships' construction and sea trials, as well as photos of the ships from private individuals"--
Author: Stefan Draminski
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2020-01-23
Total Pages: 354
ISBN-13: 1472827287
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUSS Iowa (BB-61) was the lead ship in one of the most famous classes of battleships ever commissioned into the US Navy. Transferred to the Pacific Fleet in 1944, the Iowa first fired her guns in anger in the Marshall Islands campaign, and sunk her first enemy ship, the Katori. The Iowa went on to serve across a number of pivotal Pacific War campaigns, including at the battles of the Philippine Sea and Leyte Gulf. The ship ended the war spending several months bombarding the Japanese Home Islands before the surrender in August 1945. After taking part in the Korea War, the Iowa was decommissioned in 1958, before being briefly reactivated in the 1980s as part of President Reagan's 600-Ship Navy Plan. After being decommissioned a second and final time in 1990, the Iowa is now a museum ship in Los Angeles. This new addition to the Anatomy of the Ship series is illustrated with contemporary photographs, scaled plans of the ship and hundreds of superb 3D illustrations which bring every detail of this historic battleship to life.
Author: Janusz Skulski
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2017-05-18
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 1844863190
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEquipped with the largest guns and heaviest armour and with the greatest displacement of any ship ever built, the Yamato proved to be a formidable opponent to the US Pacific Fleet in the Second World War. The book contains a full description of the design and construction of the battleship including wartime modifications, and a career history followed by a substantial pictorial section with rare onboard views of Yamato and her sister ship Musashi, a comprehensive portfolio of more than 1,020 perspective line artworks, 350 colour 3D views, and 30 photographs. The wreck of Musashi has been recently discovered to great excitement in Japan, renewing interest in these iconic warships. Janusz Skulski's anatomies of three renowned ships of the 20th century Japanese navy are among the most comprehensive of the Anatomy series with hundreds of meticulously researched drawings of the ships. Since their first publication he has continued to research the ships and has now produce a more definitive anatomy than was possible then. He has teamed up with 3D artist Stefan Draminksi who produces superb realistic renditions of the ships that bring a whole new level of detail to the portraits of the ships. This new editions is a genuine 'Super Anatomy' containing the most detailed renditions of these ships ever seen.
Author: Lawrence Burr
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2011-12-20
Total Pages: 96
ISBN-13: 178096272X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 1938, the United States abandoned the constraints imposed by the Washington Teaty and began work on a new class of super-battleships. This book covers the design, construction, and employment of the four Iowa-class battleships, the largest in the American fleet. During World War II, they served as guards for the aircraft carriers and their bombardments provided cover for the numerous landings in the Pacific. At the war's end, the Japanese signed their surrender on the decks of an Iowa-class battleship, the USS Missouri. After World War II, the ships continued to serve, providing support during Korea, Vietnam, and even the first Gulf War. This book tells the full story of the greatest of the American battleships.
Author: Jonathan C. Gillespie
Publisher: Heavy Caliber Publishing LLC
Published: 2014-10-17
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 0990408426
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPart VIII—and the end—of the BEACON SAGA SERIAL. Out of time and out of options, a desperate alliance will risk everything to stop an interstellar war. The Cholsons, Nastron and the Petack have come together for an audacious experiment that will place them squarely in the crosshairs of the Nomads. In the jungles of Promise, Thrat struggles to evade search teams sent to capture him—or kill him. Aboard the Rigolo, Sarki and Castor plot an escape from the clutches of the fanatical shiplord, Rara, who is marshalling the first layer's remaining strength for a terrible purpose. Secrets long-hidden will be revealed, great powers will hurl their might upon each other, and a force greater than anything the universe has ever seen will be unleashed. A special novella-length concluding serial installment of nearly sixty thousand words-more than three times the length of any previous. Remember to begin at Part I (free, where available) if you've never tried the Saga. Special thanks to my readers, through whose kind words, support, and word of mouth has this all been possible.
Author: Jonathan C. Gillespie
Publisher:
Published: 2012-08-24
Total Pages: 390
ISBN-13: 9780985629908
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTrained from childhood, and equipped with alien technology, Reed Barowe ranks among the deadliest in the Serpican Police-a shadow agency that strikes from orbit and snuffs out radicals and other troublemakers, regardless of their motives, all in the name of enforcing the fragile peace on a fractured Earth. But a chance encounter in an isolated village will introduce Reed to a man who should be long dead, a tactical genius that might be mankind's best hope for freedom-or its greatest "threat." In a journey that will take them both into the heart of a fallen United States, and to the seat of a growing revolution, Reed must decide: will he turn from everything he knows to help a man he's been trained to kill?
Author: Robert Lundgren
Publisher:
Published: 2014-10-23
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781608880461
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is an analysis of the primary documentation from both the Japanese and the United States for the naval Battle off Samar which took place on October 25, 1944. The conclusions of the analysis differ greatly from what has been previously written; there are many revelations about the true role of the famous vessels on each side and about the oft-questioned thinking of the contending admirals. There are hundreds of photos and drawings and several hundred footnotes within the book, each placed within the text at the moment they occurred. This allows the reader to witness the battle as it played out, literally salvo for salvo, with complete confidence in the accuracy of the narration. Essential reading for anyone interested in battleship combat, the naval history of World War II, the Battle off Samar, or the U.S. and Japanese navies.
Author: Peter Hore
Publisher: Southwater Publishing
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781844763894
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis authoritative reference book charts the development and history of the battleship from the end of World War I, through World War II and up to the present day. This period saw a dramatic change in the role of the battleship as a result of the vastly
Author: Martin Middlebrook
Publisher: Penguin Uk
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9780141391199
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOn Wednesday 10 December 1941, the third day of the war with Japan, two Royal Navy capital ships were sunk off Malaya by air torpedo attack. They had not requested the air support that could have saved them and 840 men died in the battleship HMS Prince of Wales and the battle cruiser HMS Repulse.
Author: Antony Preston
Publisher: Conway
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9780851777542
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA serious study of the reasons why some warships have achieved bad reputations. It covers the period from 1860 to the present day, and looks at a wide range of nationalities and ship-types. Some examples are the Russian Popoffkas; the French battleship 'Brennus'; and the British vessel 'Captain'.
