Acorazados - EE.UU.: libros - historia y despliegue

Battleships of the United States Navy - Rare photographs from Wartime Archives (Images of War)

Entre 1895 y 1944, la Armada de los Estados Unidos encargó unos 60 acorazados de acero. El primero fue el Indiana (BB-1) y el último el USS Missouri (BB-63). Tras una destacada actuación en la Guerra Hispano-Estadounidense y la circunnavegación del mundo de la "Gran Flota Blanca", los acorazados estadounidenses desempeñaron un papel secundario en la Primera Guerra Mundial.

Alcanzaron su máximo esplendor durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, principalmente bombardeando las regiones costeras controladas por el enemigo y apoyando las operaciones aliadas en Europa y el Pacífico.
Su potencia de fuego era impresionante, y los modelos posteriores contaban con nueve cañones de 16 pulgadas y hasta veinte de 5 pulgadas, además de abundantes defensas antiaéreas.
En las pocas ocasiones en que estos imponentes buques se enfrentaron a sus homólogos japoneses, tuvieron un desempeño brillante, pero la protección de los portaaviones, cada vez más importantes, resultó más decisiva. El blindaje de casi medio metro de espesor salvó a muchos de ataques fatales de pilotos kamikaze suicidas.

Tras la Segunda Guerra Mundial, los acorazados fueron relegados a la reserva de guerra, pero posteriormente su valor como plataforma para proyectar el poderío militar estadounidense a nivel mundial y su conversión en plataformas para misiles de crucero propiciaron su resurgimiento. El último acorazado estadounidense se retiró en 1992, tras haber participado en las guerras de Corea y Vietnam, en Oriente Medio y, finalmente, en la Operación Tormenta del Desierto.

Este excelente libro ofrece tanto al experto como al profano una visión privilegiada de uno de los sistemas de armas más importantes de la historia militar.

Detalle del libro

Autor:	Michael Green
Presentación:	176 páginas, 24.5 x 19 cm, tapa blanda
Ilustración:	250 fotos en b/n y color
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	Pen & Sword Books Ltd (GB, 2014)
Colección:	Images of War
ISBN:	9781783030354

Historic Battleship Texas - The Last Dreadnought

During the first quarter of the 20th century, the major naval powers of the world built hundreds of Dreadnought-style battleships. Today there is only one.
The battleship Texas was for a time the most powerful weapon on earth. When it was commissioned in 1914, the 14-inch guns were the largest in the world. This technological marvel of the time served with the British Grand Fleet in World War I and was the flagship of the entire U.S. Navy between the two World Wars.

During the Second World War, an older Texas, past its prime, supported amphibious invasions in North Africa, Normandy, Southern France, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. The ship and her crew were preparing for the invasion of Japan when the war ended and the Texas came home.
No longer needed to defend her country, the Texas was saved from the scrap yard to become our nation's first historic ship museum in 1948. Now lying peacefully in her berth at the San Jacinto State Park near Houston, the battleship Texas is still serving her country-teaching instead of fighting.

The Texas is the only battleship remaining in the world today that served in World War I, and the only ship remaining of any type that served in both World Wars. This is the story of the battleship Texas and the brave men who walked its decks.

Detalle del libro

Autor:	John C. Ferguson
Presentación:	192 páginas, 23 x 15 x 1.1 cm, tapa blanda
Ilustración:	fotos en b/n, mapas
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	McWhiney Foundation Press (USA, 2007)
ISBN:	9781933337074

Super-Battleships of World War II: Montana-class, Lion-class, H-class, A-150 and Sovetsky Soyuz-class (Osprey)

At the start of World War II the battleship was still king, and all the major powers were designing even mightier battleships to surpass their most modern and powerful classes. But when World War II broke out, aircraft carriers would dominate naval warfare, and none of these monster warships were completed.

In this book, naval expert Mark Stille uncovers these lost battleships as they are reconstructed with superb new full-colour artwork. The US Navy wanted five Montana-class ships, based on the Iowas but with a heavier main battery and improved protection, and the Royal Navy began work on three 16in-gun Lion-class fast battleships.
The German Navy developed its H-class designs: initially an improved Bismack-class, they became more fantastical, culminating in the 141,500-ton, 20in-gun H-44. The Japanese A-150 was based on the Yamato-class but with 20.1in guns, while the 15 ships planned for the USSR's Sovetsky Soyuz-class would have rivalled the Montanas in size.
Explaining the design, intended roles and fate of these ships, this is the story of the last battleship designs in history.

Contents:
- Introduction
- Battleship design practices
- Protection
- Propulsion
- Firepower
- The super-battleship classes
- The United States Navy - the Montana-class
- The Royal Navy - the Lion-class
- The Kriegsmarine - the H-class
- The Imperial Japanese Navy - Design A-150
- The Soviet Navy - the Sovetsky Soyuz - class
- Analysis and conclusion
- Further reading
- Index.

Detalle del libro

Autor:	Mark Stille, Paul Wright
Presentación:	48 páginas, 24.5 x 18.5 x 0.5 cm, tapa blanda
Ilustración:	40 fotos en b/n, dibujos y color
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	Osprey Publishing (GB, 2022)
Colección:	New Vanguard (314)
ISBN:	9781472846723

U.S. Battleships : An Illustrated Design History

Naval historians and enthusiasts alike will find U.S. Battleships to be the most comprehensive reference available on the entire development of U.S. battleships, from the Maine and Texas of 1886, through the Montana class of World War II, up to the recommissioned Iowas.
Like the other books in Norman Friedman's design-history series, U.S. Battleships is based largely on formerly classified internal U.S. Navy records.

Friedman, a leading authority of U.S. warships, explains the political and technical rationales for building battleships and recounts the evolution of each design.
Alan Raven and A.D. Baker III have created detailed scale outboard and plan views of each battleship class and of major modifications to many classes. Numerous photographs complement the text.

Detalle del libro

Autor:	Norman Friedman, Alan Raven, A.D. Baker
Presentación:	480 páginas, 28 x 21.5 cm, tapa blanda
Ilustración:	184 fotos en b/n, 164 dibujos
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	Naval Institute Press (USA, 2016)
ISBN:	9781591142478

U.S. Battleships 1939-45

Durante casi 50 años, los acorazados fueron las armas navales más poderosas, utilizados por la Armada de EE.UU. y otras flotas. Su época parecía haber terminado en 1941, cuando los aviones japoneses hundieron varios en Pearl Harbor, dando paso a los portaaviones. Sin embargo, los acorazados estadounidenses siguieron en servicio durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial y la Guerra Fría.

El historiador naval Ingo Bauernfeind examina la historia de los acorazados y cruceros de batalla de EE.UU., desde los primeros dreadnoughts de la clase South Carolina hasta la nunca construida clase Montana. Este libro ilustrado describe la trayectoria, el destino y la importancia de estos barcos en la historia naval estadounidense.
Incluye batallas en el Pacífico y bombardeos en Iwo Jima, Okinawa y Normandía. También analiza el papel de la clase Iowa en las guerras de Corea y Vietnam, y su inesperado regreso en 1991 durante la Guerra del Golfo, cuando el USS Missouri y el USS Wisconsin usaron misiles guiados, drones y sus cañones de 16 pulgadas.
El libro concluye con un recorrido por el USS Missouri, un repaso de los siete acorazados conservados como museos y una mirada a los restos del USS Arizona y el USS Utah en Pearl Harbor.

Detalle del libro

Autor:	Ingo Bauernfeind
Presentación:	240 páginas, 25.5 x 20 x 1.8 cm, tapa dura
Ilustración:	fotos en b/n
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	Casemate Books (GB, 2024)
ISBN:	9781636242569

US Navy Battleships 1886-98 : The pre-dreadnoughts and monitors that fought the Spanish-American War (Osprey)

After the American Civil War, the US Navy had been allowed to decay into complete insignificance, yet the commissioning of the modern Brazilian battleship Riachuelo and poor performance against the contemporary Spanish fleet, forced the US out of its isolationist posture towards battleships.
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 initial ships set the enduring US battleship standard of being heavily armed and armoured at the expense of speed.

This fully illustrated study examines these first six US battleships, a story of political compromises, clean sheet designs, operational experience, and experimental improvements. These ships directly inspired the creation of an embryonic American military-industrial complex, enabled a permanent outward-looking shift in American foreign policy and laid the foundations of the modern US Navy.

Detalle del libro

Autor:	Brian Lane Herder
Presentación:	48 páginas, 25 x 18.5 cm, tapa blanda
Ilustración:	fotos en b/n, dibujos y color
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	Osprey Publishing (GB, 2019)
Colección:	New Vanguard
ISBN:	9781472835024

US Navy Battleships 1895-1908 : The Great White Fleet and the beginning of US global naval power (Osprey)

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.

This book examines the design, history, and technical qualities of the final six classes of US predreadnought battleships, all of which were involved in the circumnavigation of the Great White Fleet. These classes progressively closed the quality gap with European navies - the Connecticuts were the finest predreadnought battleships ever built - and this book also compares and contrasts US predreadnought battleships to their foreign contemporaries.

Packed with illustrations and specially commissioned artwork, this is an essential guide to the development of US Navy Battleships at the turn of the twentieth century.

Detalle del libro

Autor:	Brian Lane Herder
Presentación:	48 páginas, 24.5 x 18.5 x 1.5 cm, tapa blanda
Ilustración:	40 fotos en b/n, dibujos y color
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	Osprey Publishing (GB, 2020)
Colección:	New Vanguard
ISBN:	9781472839985

US Navy Dreadnoughts 1914-45 (Osprey)

The development of the US Navy's dreadnought battleships was a pivotal part of America's evolution into a true world power. By the beginning of World War I, the United States possessed the world's third largest navy, with ten dreadnoughts in service and four more under construction. By the end of World War II, the US Navy was the undoubted global superpower, despite initial crippling losses to its battlefleet at Pearl Harbor.

Richly illustrated with archive photographs as well as a full cutaway of the world's only surviving dreadnought, this comprehensive and detailed title covers the technical characteristics and combat record of the US dreadnoughts throughout their long careers.

Contents: Introduction - American Dreadnought Classes (South Carolina class, Delaware class, Florida class, Wyoming class, New York class) - American Dreadnought Operations - Conclusion.

Detalle del libro

Autor:	Ryan Noppen
Presentación:	48 páginas, 25 x 18.5 x 0.5 cm, tapa blanda
Ilustración:	ricamente ilustrado con fotos y dibujos (en b/n y color)
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	Osprey Publishing (GB, 2014)
Colección:	New Vanguard (208)
ISBN:	9781782003861

US Standard-Type Battleships 1941-45 (1) : Nevada, Pennsylvania and New Mexico Classes (Osprey)

Written by US Navy expert Mark Stille, this book offers a unique insight into the Standard-type classes of US battleships. It provides a detailed investigation into the histories of each of the warships in the Standard-type battleship classes, the first three of which, the Nevada, Pennsylvania and New Mexico, formed the US Navy's main force in the inter-war period.

The Standard-types reflected a new design philosophy: by designing each class to meet common standards of maneuvrability and handling, vessels of different classes could operate as a single tactical unit without being limited by the performance of the slowest and least maneuvrable ship.
At the time of their construction, these ships incorporated the latest design features such as triple gun turrets. Although they were rendered increasingly obsolete by evolving naval doctrines and the ascendance of the fast battleship, they served with distinction throughout World War II.

>This study combines analysis of design features and an absorbing narrative of operational histories to offer a comprehensive picture of the Standard-type battleships, from the brutal destruction of the USS Arizona to the triumphant occupation of Japan.

Contents: Introduction - Pre-war naval strategy and the role of the battleship - Design developments - Weapons - Radar - Nevada class - Pennsylvania class - New Mexico class - Analysis and Conclusion - Bibliography - Index.

Detalle del libro

Autor:	Mark Stille
Presentación:	48 páginas, 25 x 18.5 x 0.6 cm, tapa blanda
Ilustración:	ricamente ilustrado con fotos y dibujos (en b/n y color)
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	Osprey Publishing (GB, 2015)
Colección:	New Vanguard (220)
ISBN:	9781472806963

US Standard-Type Battleships 1941-45 (2): Tennessee, Colorado and Unbuilt Classes (Osprey)

This book completes an authoritative two-part study on the Standard-type US battleships of World War II - ships that were designed to fight a different type of war than the one that unfolded.
It gives precise technical details of the design history and features of the Tennessee, Colorado and the unfinished South Dakota and Lexington classes, whilst providing an operational history of the former two.

Written by a leading expert on the US Navy in World War II and augmented by contemporary photographs and specially commissioned illustrations, this is the other half of the story of the US Standard-type battleships - from the terrible damage they sustained at Pearl Harbor to their support of the war-winning landings of the US Marine Corps and US Army.

Contents: Introduction - World War II naval strategy and the role of the battleship - Design developments - Weapons - Fire control - Tactics - Tennessee class - Colorado class - South Dakota class - Lexington class - Analysis and Conclusion - Bibliography - Index.

Detalle del libro

Autor:	Paul Wright
Presentación:	48 páginas, 25 x 18.5 x 0.5 cm, tapa blanda
Ilustración:	ricamente ilustrado con fotos y dibujos (en b/n y color)
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	Osprey Publishing (GB, 2015)
Colección:	New Vanguard (229)
ISBN:	9781472806994

USN Battleship vs IJN Battleship : The Pacific 1942-44 (Osprey)

In the build-up to World War II both the United States and Japan believed their battleships would play a central role in battle, but after the Pacific War began in December 1941, the role of the battleship proved to be much more limited than either side expected.

There would be only two battleship vs battleship actions in the Pacific in World War II, both of which are assessed in this engaging study. At Guadalcanal in 1942, Kirishima faced two modern US battleships, USS Washington and USS South Dakota.
In the Surigao Strait in 1944, two World War I-era Japanese battleships, Yamashiro and Fuso, faced six American battleships supported by four heavy cruisers in history's last-ever clash between battleships.

Employing full-colour artwork, carefully selected archive photographs, and expert analysis, former US Navy Commander Mark E. Stille examines the two head-to-head clashes between the battleships deployed by the United States and Japan in the struggle for control of the Pacific during World War II.

Detalle del libro

Autor:	Mark E. Stille
Presentación:	80 páginas, 25 x 18.5 x 0.8 cm, tapa blanda
Ilustración:	ricamente ilustrado con fotos y dibujos y color
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	Osprey Publishing (GB, 2017)
Colección:	Duel (83)
ISBN:	9781472817198

USS New York (BB-34) - From World War I to the Atomic Age (Legends of Warfare)

The battleship USS New York served the Navy from 1914 until just after WWII. New York was famously sent to reinforce the British Grand Fleet during WWI. Extensively rebuilt and modernized in 1927-28, New York continued to serve both in the Atlantic and the Pacific fleets and was in drydock being further modernized on December 7, 1941.

It rejoined the fleet, first providing escort in the Atlantic, then providing gunfire support for Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of North Africa. Transferred to the Pacific Fleet in late 1944, New York turned its 14-inch guns on enemy positions at Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Following the war, New York was declared obsolete and used as a target for the 1946 atomic blasts at Bikini Atoll, survived the tests, and was eventually sunk by conventional weapons in July 1948.

The hundreds of photographs in this volume trace the history of this warship from its launching in 1914, through two world wars, to atomic bomb testing. Part of the Legends of Warfare series.

Detalle del libro

Autor:	David Doyle
Presentación:	112 páginas, 23 x 23.5 x 1.7 cm, tapa dura
Ilustración:	241 fotos en b/n y color
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	Schiffer Publishing Ltd (USA, 2019)
Colección:	Legends of Warfare
ISBN:	9780764358241

USS Tennessee (BB-43) - From Pearl Harbor to Okinawa in World War II (Legends of Warfare)

Although bombed at Pearl Harbor, USS Tennessee was back to sea before the year was over. The crew of the resilient warship fought from Alaska's Aleutian Islands to Tokyo Bay, surviving enemy artillery, bombs, and kamikaze attacks, and even collisions with other American warships. In 1945, Tennessee took part in the famous Battle of Surigao Strait, the last battleship versus battleship combat in history.

The hundreds of photographs in this volume, many previously unpublished, trace the history of this iconic warship from its launching in Brooklyn in 1919 to its scrapping in Baltimore forty years later. Part of the Legends of Warfare series.

Detalle del libro

Autor:	David Doyle
Presentación:	128 páginas, 23.5 x 24 x 1.8 cm, tapa dura
Ilustración:	255 fotos en b/n y color
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	Schiffer Publishing Ltd (USA, 2019)
Colección:	Legends of Warfare
ISBN:	9780764356681