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US Fast Battleships 1938-91: the Iowa Class Free FREE US FAST BATTLESHIPS 1938-91: THE IOWA CLASS PDF Lawrence Burr,Tony Bryan | 48 pages | 21 Dec 2010 | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC | 9781846035111 | English | Oxford, England, United Kingdom US Fast Battleships The Iowa Class - PDF Free Download Inthe United States abandoned the constraints imposed by the Washington Treaty and began work on a new class of super-battleships. This book covers the design, construction, and employment of the four Iowa-class battleships, the largest in the American fleet. During World War II, they served as guards for the aircraft carriers and their bombardments provided cover for the numerous landings in the Pacific. This book tells the full story of the greatest of the American battleships. Lawrence Burr has had a life long passion for naval history. He was recently the British specialist on a Channel 4 documentary on Jutland. 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This book covers the design, construction, and employment of the four Iowa-class battleships, the largest in the American fleet. During World War II, they served as guards for the aircraft carriers and their bombardments provided cover for the numerous landings in the Pacific. This book tells the full story of the greatest of the American battleships. About the Author Lawrence Burr has had a life long passion for naval history. He was recently the British specialist on a Channel 4 documentary on Jutland. He has also been part of a team who has conducted underwater explorations of the Battlecruiser wrecks. He now lives in the USA. Related Searches. Ancient Greek Warship: BC. Formidable and sophisticated, triremes were the deadliest battleship of the ancient world, and at the Formidable and sophisticated, triremes were the deadliest battleship of the ancient world, and at the height of their success, the Athenians were the dominant exponents of their devastating power. 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He has also been part of a team who has conducted underwater explorations of the Battlecruiser wrecks and has visited a number of the key battleships detailed in this volume. He lives in the USA. He has created both traditional and digital art for publishers worldwide, and also runs the Peter Bull Art Studio, based in Kent, UK, which he founded in All rights reserved. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act,no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any US Fast Battleships 1938-91: The Iowa Class or by any means, electronic, electrical, chemical, mechanical, optical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner. Inquiries should be addressed to the Publishers. Designed to meet the limits established by the Washington Naval Treaty WNT ofas well as the width of the Panama Canal, the North Carolina was seen to be unbalanced in design as it had insufficient armor relative to its main armament. The South Dakota class that followed carried adequate armor and was considered to be a successful design. However, with a top speed of 27 knots, these fast battleships were not fast enough for President Roosevelt. Japan's withdrawal from the Naval Treaty system provided the opportunity to design a battleship unconstrained by treaty limits. As a result, the four battleships of the Iowa class corrected the design shortcomings of both the North Carolina and South Dakota classes, and with a designed speed of 33 knots fulfilled their designation as "fast battleships. In addition to withdrawing from the Naval Treaty system, Japan became increasingly secretive about its naval construction program, with the result that on March 31,the US, Great Britain, and France invoked the escalation clause to raise the displacement limit to 45, tons. Assumptions were made that any new Japanese battleship would be larger than 35, tons and faster than the Kongo class battleships. The finished design for the South Dakota class overcame the problem of the under-armored and therefore unbalanced design of the North Carolina class, and met the original displacement and armament limits of the WNT. During the design process for both the North Carolina and South Dakota classes, the primary objectives were to maximize armor and armament, with speed a 4 secondary consideration. Nevertheless, these ships were designed with a top speed of 27 knots to be able to match the Japanese Kongo class that the US avy assumed had a top speed of 26 knots.
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