US Navy Battleships 1886-98: The Pre-Dreadnoughts and Monitors That Fought the Spanish-American War
(Book #271 in the Osprey New Vanguard Series)
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The pre-dreadnoughts and monitors that fought the Spanish-American War, The US Navy had been stripped to the bones after the American Civil War, but with Brazilian and Spanish naval power on the rise, the United States was forced to revive its fleet. Following a series of oceangoing monitors, the development of the first true US battleships began with the experimental Maine and Texas, followed by the three-ship Indiana class, and the Iowa class, which incorporated lessons from the previous ships. These ships set the enduring US battleship template of being heavily armed and armored at the expense of speed. In the naval battles of the Spanish-American War, they proved that the United States was now a significant naval power. This is the story of the American naval revival, a study of the battleships that marked a permanent outward-looking shift in US foreign policy and laid the foundations of the modern US Navy. Book jacket.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1472835026
ISBN13:9781472835024
Release Date:June 2019
Publisher:Osprey Publishing (UK)
Length:48 Pages
Weight:0.40 lbs.
Dimensions:0.2" x 7.1" x 9.6"
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