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Us Navy Battleships 1886-98 - The Pre-Dreadnoughts and Monitors That Fought the Spanish-American War

Inglese · Tascabile

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After the American Civil War, the US Navy had been allowed to decay into complete insignificance, yet the commissioning of the modern Brazilian battleship Riachuelo and poor performance against the contemporary Spanish fleet, forced the US out of its isolationist posture towards battleships.

The first true US battleships began with the experimental Maine and Texas, followed by the three-ship Indiana class, and the Iowa class, which incorporated lessons from the previous ships. These initial ships set the enduring US battleship standard of being heavily armed and armoured at the expense of speed.

This fully illustrated study examines these first six US battleships, a story of political compromises, clean sheet designs, operational experience, and experimental improvements. These ships directly inspired the creation of an embryonic American military-industrial complex, enabled a permanent outward-looking shift in American foreign policy and laid the foundations of the modern US Navy.

Sommario

Introduction /Development and Strategy /Design and Construction /US Battleship Weapons /The Last Monitors /The First Battleships /Operational History /The Spanish-American War 1898 /Asiatic Operations /Conclusion /Bibliography /Index

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Born in 1981, Brian Lane Herder graduated with a BA in History from the University of Kansas in 2003, and a Masters of Library Science from Emporia State University in 2009. He is a legislative librarian for the Kansas state government and his historical research interests include the US military, naval warfare, and World War II. He lives in Topeka, Kansas.

Riassunto

After the American Civil War, the US Navy had been allowed to decay into complete insignificance, yet the commissioning of the modern Brazilian battleship Riachuelo and poor performance against the contemporary Spanish fleet, forced the US out of its isolationist posture towards battleships.

The first true US battleships began with the experimental Maine and Texas, followed by the three-ship Indiana class, and the Iowa class, which incorporated lessons from the previous ships. These initial ships set the enduring US battleship standard of being heavily armed and armoured at the expense of speed.

This fully illustrated study examines these first six US battleships, a story of political compromises, clean sheet designs, operational experience, and experimental improvements. These ships directly inspired the creation of an embryonic American military-industrial complex, enabled a permanent outward-looking shift in American foreign policy and laid the foundations of the modern US Navy.

Prefazione

The story of how the US Navy developed its first battleship fleet, their first combat test in the Spanish-American War and the battleships' careers through World War I.

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Autori Brian Lane Herder
Con la collaborazione di Alan Gilliland (Illustrazione), Alan (B.E.V. illustrator) Gilliland (Illustrazione), Gilliland Alan (Illustrazione), Alexandre Guedes (Illustrazione), Felipe Rodriguez (Illustrazione), Felipe Rodríguez (Illustrazione), Paul Wright (Illustrazione), Paul (Illustrator) Wright (Illustrazione)
Editore Osprey Publishers
 
Lingue Inglese
Formato Tascabile
Pubblicazione 30.06.2019
 
EAN 9781472835024
ISBN 978-1-4728-3502-4
Pagine 48
Dimensioni 185 mm x 250 mm x 5 mm
Serie New Vanguard
New Vanguard
Categorie Saggistica > Storia > Altro

History, First World War, HISTORY / Military / United States, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, maritime history, Naval forces & warfare, Warfare & defence, United States of America, USA, c 1910 to c 1919, Warfare and defence, Naval forces and warfare

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