Battleships of the Iowa Class
Subtitle: A Design and Operational History
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Published: 2019
Language: eng
Number of pages: 522
ISBN-13: 9781591145981
Subjects: Warships; World war, 1939-1945, naval operations, american
Description: "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 class were commissioned in the closing stages of World War II, the beginning of half a century of service during which individual units saw action in the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Lebanese Civil War and finally the Persian Gulf War."--Provided by publisher.