Author: BROWN, REBECCA BUNDY AND HEIDI BUNDY BROWN
Title: The "Mighty a" and the Men Who Made Her Mighty Uss Alabama Bb-60
Description: Rebecca Bundy Brown and Heidi Bundy Brown, 1999. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; This paperback book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is a s bit of gouging to the front cover at the top corner where a price sticker was removed. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name on the front inside cover of the book. "USS Alabama (BB-60) is a retired battleship. She was the fourth and final member of the South Dakota class of fast battleships built for the United States Navy in the 1930s. The first American battleships designed after the Washington treaty system began to break down in the mid-1930s, they took advantage of an escalator clause that allowed increasing the main battery to 16-inch (406 mm) guns, but Congressional refusal to authorize larger battleships kept their displacement close to the Washington limit of 35,000 long tons (36,000 t). A requirement to be armored against the same caliber of guns as they carried, combined with the displacement restriction, resulted in cramped ships. Overcrowding was exacerbated by wartime modifications that considerably strengthened their anti-aircraft batteries and significantly increased their crews. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .
Keywords: Ships & Sailing Rebecca Bundy Brown Heidi Bundy Brown World War II Battleships Sea Stories World War II Battle Ships USS Alabama BB-60
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Title: The "Mighty a" and the Men Who Made Her Mighty Uss Alabama Bb-60
Description: Rebecca Bundy Brown and Heidi Bundy Brown, 1999. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; This paperback book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is a s bit of gouging to the front cover at the top corner where a price sticker was removed. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name on the front inside cover of the book. "USS Alabama (BB-60) is a retired battleship. She was the fourth and final member of the South Dakota class of fast battleships built for the United States Navy in the 1930s. The first American battleships designed after the Washington treaty system began to break down in the mid-1930s, they took advantage of an escalator clause that allowed increasing the main battery to 16-inch (406 mm) guns, but Congressional refusal to authorize larger battleships kept their displacement close to the Washington limit of 35,000 long tons (36,000 t). A requirement to be armored against the same caliber of guns as they carried, combined with the displacement restriction, resulted in cramped ships. Overcrowding was exacerbated by wartime modifications that considerably strengthened their anti-aircraft batteries and significantly increased their crews. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .
Keywords: Ships & Sailing Rebecca Bundy Brown Heidi Bundy Brown World War II Battleships Sea Stories World War II Battle Ships USS Alabama BB-60
Price: US$ 25.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 45506
- Book number: 45506
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