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Battleship Iowa de Lawrence W. Burr

Battleship Iowa

Autor Lawrence W. Burr
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 11 mar 2025
USS Iowa BB-61, the first of four Iowa-class battleships built for the US Navy, was launched in 1942. Capable of thirty-three knots and armed with nine new fifty-caliber sixteen-inch guns, she was the pinnacle of battleship design for the US Navy during World War II. This book tells her story.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781591149101
ISBN-10: 159114910X
Pagini: 108
Dimensiuni: 200 x 268 x 8 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: US Naval Institute Press

Notă biografică

Lawrence Burr returned to the U.S. after a 30-year career as an international executive in Europe, Asia, and Australia. Lawrence partnered with Innes McCartney, approached Channel 4 in the UK and originated and co-produced the documentary JUTLAND-Clash of the Dreadnoughts. He has now authored six books on naval history.

Cuprins

Introduction
1. Post-Civil War
2. The First Battleships
3. The First USS Iowa (BB-4)
4. The Pre-Dreadnoughts 
5. The Dreadnought Era
6. World War I
7. The Pen mightier than the Dreadnought
8. Modernization
9. Fire-Control
10. Sunset Clause
11. German Naval Rearmament
12. President Roosevelt and the Navy
13. New Battleship Design
14. Fast Battleship Design
15. USS Iowa (BB-61)
16. Conveying President Roosevelt
17. World War II in the Pacific 
18. Operation Hailstone (Truk)
19. Mili Atol and Ponape
20. The Battle of Leyte Gulf
21. Kamikaze Raids
22. Repairs and Upgrades
23. Okinawa and the main Japanese islands
24. Japanese Surrender
25. Missed Opportunities
26. Korea
27. New Assignments
28. New Roles for Battleships
29. Sailing into Tragedy
30. A New Future for USS Iowa