Imperial Japanese Navy Antisubmarine ...
Mark StilleIn 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) went to war with a marginal anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capability. This was a lamentable state of affairs for a nation dependent upon imports to sustain its war economy. There were only a fe...
US Heavy Cruisers 1943-75 - Wartime a...
Mark StilleUS Heavy Cruisers provides a detailed, illustrated look at the wartime and post-war-built heavy cruiser classes of the US Navy of World War II.Fast and heavily armed, the Baltimore class was an evolution of the heavy cruiser designs f...
US Navy Escort Carriers 1942-45
Mark StilleWhile not as famous as their larger and faster sister ships such as the Essex- and Yorktown-class carriers, escort carriers made an enormous contribution towards Allied victory both in the Pacific and Atlantic theatres. Rather than re...
US Navy Light Cruisers 1941-45 (New V...
Mark StilleDuring World War II, the United States built 72 light cruisers of various classes. In response to the severe air threat that surface ships faced, new cruisers were designed with increasingly heavy antiaircraft weaponry as well as the ...
Us Standard-Type Battleships 1941-45 ...
Mark StilleThis book completes an authoritative two-part study on the Standard-type US battleships of World War II - ships that were designed to fight a different type of war than the one that unfolded. It gives precise technical details of the ...