Super Destroyers
From the Torpedo Boat Era to the Dominant Surface Warship of Today
Seiten
2024
Seaforth Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-5267-7745-4 (ISBN)
Seaforth Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-5267-7745-4 (ISBN)
From the very beginnings of torpedo craft, all naval powers have seen the occasional need for larger, more powerful or in other respects special designs that stand outside the contemporary norms for flotilla craft. The driving forces were often different from country to country and varied over time, but all the resulting ships may be conveniently defined as ‘super destroyers’.
This book is a history of these out-of-the-ordinary vessels, the specific conditions that produced them, and their impact on naval warfare, especially during the two world wars. Notable highlights of this story include the introduction of ‘destroyer leaders’ during the Great War, the Japanese ‘Special type’ of the late 1920s, the British ‘Tribal’ class, German ‘Narviks’, and the interwar Franco-Italian rivalry that produced some of the fastest of all super destroyers. By the end of the Second World War only the largest designs seemed adequate, so although built in quantity the US _Gearing_ class were effectively super destroyers by the standards of the day and pointed the way to the future..
A final chapter explores the way that after 1945 the big destroyer slowly evolved into the contemporary all-purpose warship – whether described as cruiser, destroyer or frigate – that has become the dominant surface combatant in the world’s navies.
Although it concentrates on exceptional designs, in broader terms the book provides a valuable overview of destroyer development as a whole so will be of interest to any warship enthusiast and historian.
This book is a history of these out-of-the-ordinary vessels, the specific conditions that produced them, and their impact on naval warfare, especially during the two world wars. Notable highlights of this story include the introduction of ‘destroyer leaders’ during the Great War, the Japanese ‘Special type’ of the late 1920s, the British ‘Tribal’ class, German ‘Narviks’, and the interwar Franco-Italian rivalry that produced some of the fastest of all super destroyers. By the end of the Second World War only the largest designs seemed adequate, so although built in quantity the US _Gearing_ class were effectively super destroyers by the standards of the day and pointed the way to the future..
A final chapter explores the way that after 1945 the big destroyer slowly evolved into the contemporary all-purpose warship – whether described as cruiser, destroyer or frigate – that has become the dominant surface combatant in the world’s navies.
Although it concentrates on exceptional designs, in broader terms the book provides a valuable overview of destroyer development as a whole so will be of interest to any warship enthusiast and historian.
ROBERT C STERN has published more than twenty books on military and naval subjects. His previous books for Seaforth were _Destroyer Battles_ published in 2008, _Fire from the Sky_ in 2010 and _The US Navy and the War in Europe_ (2012), _Big Gun Battles_ (2015) and _The Battleship Holiday_ (2017).
| Erscheinungsdatum | 16.05.2024 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 200 black and white illustrations; 200 Illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Barnsley |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 216 x 260 mm |
| Themenwelt | Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Militärfahrzeuge / -flugzeuge / -schiffe |
| Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schiffe | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5267-7745-2 / 1526777452 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5267-7745-4 / 9781526777454 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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