The four battleships of the Iowa class, the crowning achievement of
US battleship construction, had exceptionally long careers and each
in their way left a distinctive mark not only on the US 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 Gulf War. As such these vessels
are symbolic of the primacy of US seapower during the Cold War, and
the preservation of all four of these mighty vessels as museum
ships is testament not only to their enduring fascination, but also
to the immense technical, financial, military and political
resources wielded by the United States during the second half of
the twentieth century. This superb new book includes a general
introduction providing the context and design history of the entire
class; detailed and extensively illustrated information on
specifications, equipment and modifications; and comprehensive
coverage of the construction, career, operations and preservation
of each unit. The author covers all the significant events in the
life of each ship, including Missouri in Tokyo Bay, New Jersey off
Vietnam and Lebanon, Wisconsin's collision with the destroyer
Eaton, the Iowa turret explosion and many others. Lavishly
illustrated with more than 600 photos (many in colour), 35
spectacular CG artworks and six maps, this beautifully produced
work is the ultimate volume on the ultimate battleship class and a
fitting souvenir of these four ships, now all preserved for
posterity. AUTHOR: Philippe Caresse was born into a naval family in
1964 and joined the French Navy in 1982, serving in the destroyer
d'Estrees. He has published an extensive range of ship monographs
on the French, German, US, and Japanese navies from the
late-nineteenth century to the Second World War, and is co-author
with John Jordan of a series of volumes on French warships,
including French Battleships of World War One, all published by
Seaforth. He is the harbormaster of a marina on the Cote d'Azur.
600 colour and b/w photographs, 35 CG drawings, 6 maps
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