Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyers in Action

by John Gourley

New expanded edition. Currently the most capable and sophisticated destroyer class in the world, the US Navy's Arleigh Burke-class destroyers had their beginnings in the mid-1970s, the result of a Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) research project. In the years following the Vietnam War, cost and size constraints were dominant factors motivating the design process. The new ship had to be effective as an anti-submarine escort for the carrier battle...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0897477642
• ISBN13: 9780897477642
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: MMD-Squadron Signal
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 10.9" x 8.0"