01354oam 2200277z- 450 99101590596033211-4794-0557-4(CKB)3710000001012035(VLeBooks)9781479405572(EXLCZ)99371000000101203520210505c2015uuuu -u- -engThe battleship bookWildside Press1 online resource (256 p.)From the moment when the launching of HMS Dreadnought made every capital ship in the world obsolete overnight, we have been fascinated with these powerful surface combatants. Here Robert M. Farley looks at the history and folklore that makes these ships enduring symbols of national power-and sometimes national futility. From Arizona to Yamato, here are more than sixty lavishly illustrated accounts of battleships from the most well-known to the most unusual, including at least one ship from every nation that ever owned a modern battleship. Separate essays and sidebars look at events and lore that greatly affected battleships.BattleshipsNaval history, ModernBattleshipsNaval history, Modern623.8252Farley Robert M1745364BOOK9910159059603321The battleship book4176072UNINA