Osprey Publishing (uk) Us navy battleships 1886-98: the pre-dreadnoughts and monitors that fought the spanish-american war, paperback/brian lane herder

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Description The story of how the US Navy developed its first battleship fleet, their first combat test in the Spanish-American War, and the battleships' careers through World War I.

This fully illustrated study examines the US's first six battleships, a story of political compromises, clean sheet designs, operational experience, and experimental improvements.

These ships directly inspired the creation of an embryonic American military-industrial complex, enabled a.