US Destroyers in action, Part 2 - Warships No. 20

US Destroyers in action, Part 2 - Warships No. 20
Al Adcock | 2004-01-01 00:00:00 | Squadron/Signal Publications | 50 | Naval
Provides an in-depth look at the history of the five classes of US destroyers. Includes full color artwork, B&W line art, technical data, and over 100 B&W photos. Adcock; 50 pgs.
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These five classes of destroyers were built in the 1930's and held to the 1930 London Treaty whereby the max displacement would be 1,500 tons. Five types of classes were built(total number of each in parenthesis) - the Farragut (8) the Porter (8), Mahan (16), Fanning (2), and the Craven (10).



This In Action book gives a brief overview of destroyer development between the wars and the changes each ship had during the war. As with all of the In Action format, the real information comes from the captions, photos, line drawings and 2 pages of color diagrams to show the camouflage patterns used by the Navy.



Destroyers were called "Tin Cans" for a reason - there was barely enough armor on these ships to hold the paint on. This is a very good account of their service, the ships, the action and the weapons. Recommended for modelers, naval buffs, destroyer fans alike.

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