WW2 PACIFIC USN IJN BATTLESHIPS GUADALCANAL 1942 SURIGAO STRAIT 1944 COMBAT HIST

Description: Shipping WW2 PACIFIC USN IJN BATTLESHIPS GUADALCANAL 1942 SURIGAO STRAIT 1944 COMBAT HIST WW2 PACIFIC USN IJN BATTLESHIPS GUADALCANAL 1942 SURIGAO STRAIT 1944 COMBAT HISTORY TACTICS DESIGN ARMAMENT OSPREY DUEL No.83 SOFTBOUND BOOK by MARK STILLE In the build-up to World War II both the United States and Japan believed their battleships would play a central role in battle, but after the Pacific War began in December 1941, the role of the battleship proved to be much more limited than either side expected. There would be only two battleship vs battleship actions in the Pacific in World War II, both of which are assessed in this engaging study. At Guadalcanal in 1942, Kirishima faced two modern US battleships, USS Washington and USS South Dakota. In the Surigao Strait in 1944, two World War I-era Japanese battleships, Yamashiro and Fuso, faced six American battleships supported by four heavy cruisers in history's last-ever clash between battleships. Employing full-colour artwork, carefully selected archive photographs, and expert analysis, former US Navy Commander Mark E. Stille examines the two head-to-head clashes between the battleships deployed by the United States and Japan in the struggle for control of the Pacific during World War II. ---------------------------------------------------------------- JAPANESE NAVAL STRATEGY AND THE CULT OF THE BATTLESHIP, THE ROLE OF THE BATTLESHIPS, JAPANESE BATTLESHIP DEVELOPMENT WEAPONS (MAIN BATTERY 14-INCH/45 41ST YEAR TYPE (1908), 16.1-INCH/45 3RD YEAR TYPE (1914), 18.1-INCH/45 TYPE 94; SECONDARY ARMAMENT 6-INCH/50 41ST YEAR (1908), 5.51-INCH/50 3RD YEAR (1914), 6.1-INCH/60 3RD YEAR (1914); ANTI-AIRCRAFT WEAPONS 5-INCH/40 TYPE 89 (1929), 25mm TYPE 96 (1936) KONGO CLASS IJN KONGO, IJN HIEI, IJN KIRISHIMA, IJN HARUNA (DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, ARMAMENT, SERVICE MODIFICATION, WARTIME SERVICE, DISPLACEMENT, DIMEMSIONS, SPEED AND CREW) FUSO CLASS IJN FUSÔ (1914) - SUNK OCTOBER 1944 IN BATTLE OF LEYTE GULF, IJN YAMASHIRO (1915) - SUNK OCTOBER 1944 IN BATTLE OF LEYTE GULF (DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, ARMAMENT, SERVICE MODIFICATION, WARTIME SERVICE, DISPLACEMENT, DIMEMSIONS, SPEED AND CREW) ISE CLASS IJN ISE - BOMBED 1945, REFLOATED, BU, IJN HYÛGA - BOMBED 1945, REFLOATED (DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, ARMAMENT, SERVICE MODIFICATION, WARTIME SERVICE, DISPLACEMENT, DIMEMSIONS, SPEED AND CREW) NAGATO CLASS IJN MUTSU - BLEW UP IN HARBOR (MAGAZINE EXPLOSION?) 1943, IJN NAGATO - SUNK FOLLOWING BIKINI ATOMIC EXPERIMENTS 1946 (DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, ARMAMENT, SERVICE MODIFICATION, WARTIME SERVICE, DISPLACEMENT, DIMEMSIONS, SPEED AND CREW) YAMATO CLASS (IJN MUSASHI) (DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, ARMAMENT, SERVICE MODIFICATION, WARTIME SERVICE, DISPLACEMENT, DIMEMSIONS, SPEED AND CREW) THE GLORY DAYS (PEARL HARBOR, ADMIRAL ISOROKU YAMAMOTO, BATTLE OF THE JAVA SEA, IJN SUZUYA, IJN MIKUMA, VICE ADMIRAL NAGUMO) CORAL SEA AND THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY (ALEUTIAN ISLANDS CAMPAIGN) GUADALCANAL ORDEAL (VICE ADMIRAL MIKAWA, TROOP TRANSPORTS, IJN RYUJO, BATTLE OF SAVO ISLAND, BATTLE OF SANTA CRUZ) FIGHT FOR THE SOLOMON ISLANDS (BUKA ISLAND, BATTLE OF THE BISMARK SEA, EMPRESS AUGUSTA BAY) TOO MUCH WITH TOO LITTLE (ENIWETOK, TARAWA) BACK TO THE PHILIPPINES LEYTE GULF THE FUTILE EPIC (IJN YAMATO, SURIGAO STRAIT, IJN MUSASHI, IJN YAMASHIRO, IJN MOGAMI) TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE BATTLESHIPS HULL ARMOUR PROTECTION ABOVE THE WATERLINE / BELOW THE WATERLINE ARMAMENT AND FIRE CONTROL SYSTEM (MAIN BATTERY 410mm, GUN TURRET DATA, SECONDARY BATTERY, MEDIUM ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY, LIGHT ANTI-AIRCRAFT, MACHINE GUNS, TORPEDO ARMAMENT, RANGEFINDERS, ARTILLERY CALCULATORS, FIRE CONTROL SYSTEM, RADAR) POWERPLANT (ENGINE ROOM AFTER COMMISSIONING, DAMAGE CONTROL SYSTEM) EQUIPMENT AND CREW (AIRCRAFT TAKE-OFF PLATFORMS, KAWANISHI E7K2, NAKAJIMA E8N1 DAVE, SHIPBORNE SEAPLANES, AIRCRAFT COLOURS, MITSUBISHI TYPE O F1M2 PETE, LAUNCH CATAPULT, SEAPLANE HANDLING CRANE, DECK EQUIPMENT, CREW) MODERNIZATION AND RECONSTRUCTIONS (RECONSTRUCTION OF 1920-1924, RECONSTRUCTIONS IN 1924-1926, RECONSTRUCTIONS IN 1926-1934, RECONSTRUCTIONS OF 1935-1936, RECONSTRUCTIONOF 1936-1941, MODERNIZATIONS CARRIED OUT DURING THE WAR) Shipping & Handling Back to Top US ShippingPlease check eBay's Shipping & Payment tab (FREE) USPS Media Mail® International ShippingPlease check eBay's Shipping & Payment tab USPS First-Class Mail International (Worldwide) USPS First-Class Mail International (Canada) FREE scheduling, supersized images and templates. Get Vendio Sales Manager.Make your listings stand out with FREE Vendio custom templates! FREE scheduling, supersized images and templates. Get Vendio Sales Manager. Over 100,000,000 served. Get FREE counters from Vendio today!

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