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Zusatztext All-in-all this book is a veritable treasure trove for naval enthusiasts. Informationen zum Autor John Jordan is a former language teacher. He is the author of two major books on the Soviet Navy, and more recently co-authored French Battleships 1922-56 (Seaforth, 2009) with Robert Dumas. He has been associated with Warship from its earliest beginnings and took over the editorship in 2004. Klappentext Warship is a celebrated annual publication featuring the latest research on the history, development, and service of the world's warships. For over 40 years, Warship has been the leading annual resource on the design, development, and deployment of the world's combat ships. Featuring a broad range of articles from a select panel of distinguished international contributors, this latest volume combines original research, new book reviews, warship notes, an image gallery, and much more, maintaining the impressive standards of scholarship and research for which Warship has become synonymous. Detailed and accurate information is the keynote of all the articles, which are fully supported by plans, data tables, and stunning photographs. Zusammenfassung For over 40 years, Warship has been the leading annual resource on the design, development, and deployment of the world's combat ships. Featuring a broad range of articles from a select panel of distinguished international contributors, this latest volume combines original research, new book reviews, warship notes, an image gallery, and much more, maintaining the impressive standards of scholarship and research for which Warship has become synonymous. Detailed and accurate information is the keynote of all the articles, which are fully supported by plans, data tables, and stunning photographs. Inhaltsverzeichnis FEATURE ARTICLES· Stalin's Super-Battleships: The Sovetskii Soiuz Class· The Japanese Submarines of the I 15 Class · The Small Cruiser in the Imperial German Navy (Part II)· The Italian Aircraft Carrier Aquila · The 'Stealth' Frigates of the La Fayette Class· From Greyhounds to Sheepdogs: 'O' and 'P' class Fleet destroyers' 1943 anti-submarine operations· The Battleship Carnot · HMY Victoria and Albert (III) · Postwar Sonar Systems in the Royal Navy· Chitose and Chiyoda · T 53 Duperré NAVAL BOOKS OF THE YEAR WARSHIP NOTES· The War Service of the Russian Battleship General Alekseev (Sergei Vinogradov).]· The Russian Aerial Attacks on the German Cruiser Leipzig in 1945 (Sergei Trubitsyn & Andrei Latkin).· The French Battleship Paris in RN Service 1940-45 (Aidan Dodson).· A's & A's. WARSHIP GALLERY · Photographs of the former German U-boat U-889 during her postwar trials off Halifax, Nova Scotia (John Jordan)....
