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    US Heavy Cruisers 1941-45: Pre-war Classes

    US Heavy Cruisers 1941-45: Pre-war Classes

    by Mark Stille, Paul Wright (Illustrator)


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      ISBN-13: 9781782006312
    • Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
    • Publication date: 04/20/2014
    • Series: New Vanguard , #210
    • Sold by: Barnes & Noble
    • Format: eBook
    • Pages: 48
    • Sales rank: 334,479
    • File size: 8 MB

    Mark E. Stille (Commander, United States Navy, retired) received his BA in History from the University of Maryland and also holds an MA from the Naval War College. He has worked in the intelligence community for 30 years including tours on the faculty of the Naval War College, on the Joint Staff and on US Navy ships. He is currently a senior analyst working in the Washington DC area. He is the author of numerous Osprey titles, focusing on naval history in the Pacific. He is also the author of several wargames.
    Mark E. Stille (Commander, United States Navy, retired) received his BA in History from the University of Maryland and also holds an MA from the Naval War College. He has worked in the intelligence community for 35 years including tours on the faculty of the Naval War College, on the Joint Staff and on US Navy ships. He is currently a senior analyst working in the Washington DC area. He is the author of numerous Osprey titles, focusing on naval history in the Pacific.
    Paul Wright has painted ships of all kinds for most of his career, specializing in steel and steam warships from the late 19th century to the present day. Paul's art has illustrated the works of Patrick O'Brian, Dudley Pope and C.S. Forester amongst others, and hangs in many corporate and private collections all over the world. A Member of the Royal Society of Marine Artists, Paul lives and works in Surrey.

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    Table of Contents

    Introduction 4

    Naval Strategy and the Role of the Heavy Cruiser 4

    USN Heavy Cruiser Design and the Naval Treaties 6

    USN Heavy Cruiser Weapons 8

    USN Heavy Cruiser Radar 10

    Pensacola Class 11

    Design and Construction

    Armament

    Service Modifications

    Wartime Service

    Northampton Class 17

    Design and Construction

    Armament

    Service Modifications

    Wartime Service

    Portland Class 25

    Design and Construction

    Armament

    Service Modifications

    Wartime Service

    New Orleans Class 30

    Design and Construction

    Armament

    Service Modifications

    Wartime Service

    Wichita Class 42

    Design and Construction

    Armament

    Service Modifications

    Wartime Service

    Analysis and Conclusion 45

    Bibliography 47

    Index 48

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    Designed and produced under the regulations of the Washington Naval Treaty, the heavy cruisers of the Pensacola, Northampton, Portland, New Orleans and Wichita classes were exercises in compromise. While they possessed very heavy armament – the Pensacolas, for example, carrying a main battery of ten 8” guns – this came at the cost of protection – armor was the same thickness as a gun cruiser, and incapable of protecting the vessels from enemy 8” fire. As the classes evolved, these flaws began to be corrected, with the main battery being reduced, and increased protection being added to the vital areas of the ship. Despite these drawbacks, the pre-war heavy cruiser classes served with distinction throughout World War II.

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    "Photos, charts, extended captions and selected bibliography supplement author Stille's admirably indexed effort.  Color profiles and action paintings offer plenty of modeling inspiration.  And a helpful 'analysis and conclusion' neatly ties things up.  It's a superb summary of a spellbinding subject."
    - David L. Veres, www.cybermodeler.com

    "This is an excellent book presenting American pre-war heavy cruisers for historians, modelers and illustrators with an interest in the subject. The graphic support – photographs, artwork, profiles and tables – alone are worth the price of the book. Highly recommended!" Frederick Boucher, Model Shipwrights

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