Destroyer German Destroyers In World War II W J Whitley Hardcover W/Dustjacket
Item History & Price
Hardcover. 8vo. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD, 1979. 310 pgs. Illustrated with black and white plates with fold out map. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth with titles present to the spine. Boards have light wear present to the extremities of the boards. Previous owner's bookplate present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. This is an excellent book on German navy destroyers of W...W II. It describes the design and performance characteristics as well as the many sea battles in which they were involved. The travails of their propulsion machinery designs are well described. The evolution of their gun armaments (150 mm and 127 mm) are also described. Destroyer! German Destroyers in World War II W J Whitley Hardcover w/Dustjacket
