American Cruisers of W. W. II: A Pictorial History

by Steve Ewing

Book Overview

A Pictorial Encyclopedia This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0933126514
• ISBN13: 9780933126510
• Release Date: November 1984
• Publisher: Pictorial Histories Publishing Company
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.4" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

Oldie but goldie

While the text is dated in places, this is well worth the effort. IMHO this stands out and provides some value in an arena that is crowded with valuless pamphlet type books.

lists all Cruiser war credits ( battle stars ).

This book contained what I was looking for. My Dad sereved on the USS Phoenix CL46. I found books that never gave Dads ship any credit for her war record, although this book dosen't list all the details, it sure did give Phoenix (and all other cruisers) credit well deserved. Excellent book!!

Worth the money.

It is unusually difficult to find good books on this subject. It has a brief history of each ship, and some excellent photos. I highly recommend it.

An excellent summary of US WW2 Cruisers!

If you find it somewhere, grab it! This is a great book. It covers 74 US Cruisers that saw action in WW2, that earned at least one battle star. It covers Heavy Cruisers, Light Cruisers, and the Alaska-class Battlecruisers. It also briefly covers the Princeton-class Light Carriers that were built on Cleveland-class cruiser hulls. The book covers the ship by class, with a short introduction. A summary of each ship's WW2 history then follows. There's at least one photo of every cruiser.