The battleships of the Iowa class : a design and operational history / by Philippe Caresse ; translated by Bruce Taylor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Caresse, Philippe, 1964- author.

Contributor:

Taylor, Bruce, 1967- translator.

Standardized Title:

Cuirassés de la classe Iowa. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Iowa Class (Battleships)--History.

Iowa Class (Battleships).

Iowa Class (Battleships)--Design and construction.

World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American.

World War, 1939-1945.

Military operations, Naval--American.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

x, 522 pages ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Annapolis, MD : Naval Institute Press, [2019]

Summary:

"The four battleships of the Iowa class, the crowning achievement of U.S. battleship construction, had exceptionally long careers and each in their way left a distinctive mark not only on the U.S. Navy but on naval history at large. Built as the ultimate American battleship and designed to engage the major units of the Japanese and German fleets, the class were commissioned in the closing stages of World War II, the beginning of half a century of service during which individual units saw action in the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Lebanese Civil War and finally the Persian Gulf War."--Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Originally published: Les cuirassés de la classe Iowa. Le Vigen, France : Éditions Lela Presse.

Translated from the original French into English.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781591145981

1591145988

OCLC:

1088599414