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The Encyclopedia of warships : from World War II to the present day / general editor, Robert Jackson.
LIBRA V765 .E53 2006
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Warships.
- History.
- Warships--History--20th century--Encyclopedias.
- Warships--History--21st century--Encyclopedias.
- Genre:
- Encyclopedias.
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Nilsson, William F., Jr. (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 448 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 32 cm
- Place of Publication:
- San Diego, CA : Thunder Bay Press, 2006.
- Summary:
- An exhaustive reference which features more than 300 military vessels from World War II to the present day; contains numerous action photographs and detailed illustrations showing every aspect of the featured ships. Includes an extensive service history of each ship and specification panels that provide information of displacement, dimensions, armament, speed, and complement.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- World War II: Battleships
- Aircraft carriers
- Submarines
- Midget submarines
- Cruisers
- Destroyers
- Assault ships
- Escorts
- The Cold War: Early Cold War aircraft carriers
- Late Cold War aircraft carriers
- Diesel submarines
- Frigates
- The modern era: Modern aircraft carriers
- Ballistic missile submarines
- Nuclear attack submarines
- Diesel attack submarines
- Assault ships.
- Local Notes:
- Ex Libris Nautica copy presented to the Penn Libraries by LT. CMDR. William F. Nilsson, Jr., USNR (Ret.).
- ISBN:
- 9781592236275
- 1592236278
- OCLC:
- 65521615
- Online:
- Publisher description
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