Название: US Navy Battleships 1895–1908: The Great White Fleet and the beginning of US global naval power
Автор: Brian Lane Herder, Adam Tooby, Paul Wright
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Серия: Osprey New Vanguard 286
ISBN: 9781472839985
Год издания: 2020
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 49
Формат: True PDF
Размер: 6,5 MB
The last predreadnought battleships of the US Navy were critical to the technological development of US battleships, and they were the first tool of international hard power wielded by the United States, a nation which would eventually become the world's dominant political and military power of the 20th century. These battleships were the stars of the 1907-09 Great White Fleet circumnavigation, in which the emerging power and reach of the US Navy was displayed around the world. They also took part in the bombardment and landings at Veracruz, some served as convoy escorts in World War I, and the last two were transferred to the Hellenic Navy and were sunk during World War II.