The Battleships of Iowa Class: A Design and Operational History

by Bruce Taylor and Philippe Caresse

The four battleships of the Iowa class, the crowning achievement of U.S. battleship construction, had exceptionally long careers and each in their way left a distinctive mark not only on the U.S. Navy but on naval history at large. Built as the ultimate American battleship and designed to engage the major units of the Japanese and German fleets, the vessels were commissioned in the closing stages of World War II, the beginning of half a century of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591145988
• ISBN13: 9781591145981
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
• Length: 534 Pages
• Weight: 4.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.8" x 11.0"