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US Navy Armored Cruisers 1890-1933 (Paperback)
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US Navy Armored Cruisers 1890-1933 (Paperback)
Series: New Vanguard
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A new history of the large, fast, and long-ranged armored cruisers
of the US Navy, and the roles that these warships played in the
fleet as America developed into a great naval power. At the dawn of
the "Steel Navy" era, the rapidly expanding US Navy's fleet of
capital ships consisted not only of battleships but also armored
cruisers, the forerunner of the battlecruiser. Armored cruisers
sacrificed the battleship's superlative firepower and protection
for superior speed and range but, as this study shows, their role
was not always easy to define. Controversial because they were as
large and expensive as battleships but not able to withstand a
battleship in battle, contemporary strategists pointed out that,
"naval wars are not won by running away from stronger ships."
Despite being produced at great expense, tactically they never
really had a legitimate mission-traditional deployments were
commerce raiding and protection, but despite this, author Brian
Lane Herder illustrates how successful the use of armored cruisers
was for the US Navy. After 1906, some replaced US battleships in
the Pacific, functioning as oversized gunboats, most notably, the
modified armored cruiser Pennsylvania which witnessed the first
landing of an airplane on a ship. On November 5, 1915, North
Carolina became the first cruiser to launch an aircraft from a
catapult while underway. After the war, surviving US armored
cruisers represented the US Navy on their Asiatic station until the
final cruiser was scuttled in 1946. Using detailed, color artwork
and photos, this fascinating book describes the development and
deployment of these controversial but intriguing ships, providing
examples of the key service they played in the US Navy in a variety
of defensive and escorting roles.
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