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The Battleship Book (Paperback)

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By the author of Grounded: The Case for Abolishing the United States Air Force

 

“Farley deploys an incisive and brutally direct style” —Warships: International Fleet Review

 

From the moment when the launching of HMS Dreadnought made every capital ship in the world obsolete overnight, we have been fascinated with these powerful surface combatants. Here Robert M. Farley looks at the history and folklore that makes these ships enduring symbols of national power—and sometimes national futility. From Arizona to Yamato, here are more than sixty lavishly illustrated accounts of battleships from the most well-known to the most unusual, including at least one ship from every nation that ever owned a modern battleship. Separate essays and sidebars look at events and lore that greatly affected battleships.

 

Ships profiled include

 

HMS Victoria

USS Oregon

HIJMS Mikasa

SMS Schleswig-Holstein

Danton

HMS Dreadnought

HMS Invincible

Sao Paulo

USS Michigan

SMS Ostfriesland

SMS Goeben

RN Dante Alighieri

USS Utah

Espana

HMS Lion

Sevastopol

USS Arkansas

SMS Friedrich Der Grosse

HMS New Zealand

HMAS Australia

Giulio Cesare

SMS Viribus Unitis

ARA Rivadavia

Volya

USS New York

Almirante Latorre

HIJMS Kongo

USS Oklahoma

HMS Iron Duke

HMS Warspite

SMS Lutzow

SMS Szent Istvan

Bretagne

HMS Barham

HIJMS Yamashiro

SMS Baden

HMS Royal Sovereign

USS Arizona

USS Mississippi

HMS Renown

HIJMS Hyuga

HMS Hood

USS California

USS Maryland

HIJMS Nagato

HIJMS Kaga

USS Lexington

HMS Rodney

Admiral Scheer

RN Littorio

Strasbourg

Scharnhorst

Tirpitz

Jean Bart

HMS Prince of Wales

HIJMS Yamato

USS Washington

USS Massachusetts

USS Wisconsin

HMS Vanguard

USS Guam

RFS Pyotr Velikiy

 

Cover painting by Burnell Poole, The Sixth Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet Leaving the Firth of Forth