US Destroyers 1934-45: Pre-war classes (New Vanguard)
"This book is in the standard 48 page format that British publisher Osprey uses for many of their publications on ships and aircraft. It is interesting to see the company add American ships to their lists of publications and I don't think they could have done better than to publish this excellent reference work by the brilliant amateur destroyer historian, Dave McComb. This first of at least two such books by McComb, U.S. Destroyers 1934-45 covers in great detail the ships of the pre-war classes including the Treaty Classes and the Post Treaty Classes, namely: Farragut, Porter, Mahan, Dunlap, Bagley, Gridley, Somers, Benham, Sims, Benson and Gleaves. McComb provides the reader with important background on the design of each and how they differed, allowing us to envision the fast-paced evolution of destroyers as pressures to build more and better ships mounted as war clouds gathered.Coupled with the artwork of noted British naval artist Paul Wright, McComb does much with his 48 pages and provides for us a book unparalleled for being brief, accurate and actually entertaining among reference publications. I can recommend this book to everyone who has an interest in the ships of the pre-war period as probably the handiest reference you'll ever find." - Terry Miller,Tin CanSailors- National Association of Destroyer Veterans(January 2010)