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US Destroyers 1934–45: Pre-war classes (New Vanguard) by Dave McComb; Paul Wright is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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The US Navy's most modern destroyers as it entered World War II were 100 ships from eleven classes introduced in the 1930s: 1,500-tonners and 1,850-ton destroyer leaders designed to conform to the 1930 London Naval Treaty, plus the successor 1,570-ton Sims class and the first-commissioned 1,620- and 1,630-tonners of the Benson and Gleaves classes. Collectively, these destroyers carried the Navy through the war's first year when the outcome was in doubt: while most 1,500-tonners and leaders were
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- Author
- Dave McComb; Paul Wright
- Publisher
- Osprey Publishing Ltd.
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781846034435
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Engineering, Military, History
- Rating
- 4.5 / 5 (86 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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