Research Catalog

Title

Battle line : the United States Navy, 1919-1939 / Thomas C. Hone and Trent Hone.

Author

Hone, Thomas.

Publication

Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, [2006], ©2006.

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Additional Authors

Hone, Trent.

Description

xvi, 244 pages, 36 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"This book examines the twenty-year period that saw the U.S. fleet shrink under the pressure of arms limitation treaties and government economy and then grow again to a world-class force. The authors trace the Navy's evolution from a fleet centered around slow battleships to one that deployed most of the warship types that proved so essential in World War II, including aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers, battleships, and submarines. Both the older battleships and these newer ships are captured in period photographs that have never before been published. An authoritative yet lively text explains how and why the newer ships and aircraft came to be."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• United States > Navy > History > 20th century

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-236) and index.

Contents

1. The three navies : an unbalanced fleet -- 2. The ship : the Navy as a fighting machine -- 3. The work of sailors -- 4. The world of the officer -- 5. The tactics of a battle line engagement -- 6. Naval aviation -- 7. Submarine! -- 8. Running the Navy -- 9. Effect of the Marines on the Navy -- 10. The lure of the East -- App. A. The Washington and London naval treaties -- App. B. Navy leaders -- App. C. Summaries of U.S. Navy vessels : 1922, 1937, and 1938 authorization.

ISBN

1591143780 (alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2005031135
• 9781591143789

OCLC

• OCM62324475
• SCSB-5239151

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries