American Battleships, 1886-1923 - Predreadnought Design and Construction
Year: 1980 Language: English Author: Reilly J.C., Scheina R.L. Genre: History Publisher: Naval Institute Press Format: PDF Quality: Scanned pages Pages count: 276 Description: This is the most thorough history of the U.S. pre-dreadnought battleships I have ever found. The book provides a design and operational/deployment history of every battleship (all 10 classes of them) of the pre - 1914 World War I era. Some of them still served in some capacity into the 1920s, but they had become technologically obsolete by 1914 if not earlier. Almost all of them were scrapped as a result of the 1921 Washington Naval Treaty, although they likely would have been scrapped soon anyway as a result of becoming technologically obsolete. A good feature of the book, in my opinion, is the several transverse hull sections drawn showing the arrangement and thicknesses of the side and deck armor. Unfortunately, the drawings are so reduced in size that you need either a magnifying glass or outstanding eyesight to read some of the lettering and armor thickness numbers. Another good feature is the Appendix. It provides summaries of dimensions, propulsion machinery horsepowers and maximum speeds for the 10 classes of battleships; percentages of weights devoted to items such as hull, armor, armament, machinery, and so forth; and performance of the various types and sizes of guns comprising the armament. Based on some values shown it appears that the reciprocating VTE machinery of the era could produce approximately 10 to 12 horsepower per ton of machinery weight.
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American Battleships, 1886-1923 - Predreadnought Design and Construction
Language: English
Author: Reilly J.C., Scheina R.L.
Genre: History
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Format: PDF
Quality: Scanned pages
Pages count: 276
Description: This is the most thorough history of the U.S. pre-dreadnought battleships I have ever found. The book provides a design and operational/deployment history of every battleship (all 10 classes of them) of the pre - 1914 World War I era. Some of them still served in some capacity into the 1920s, but they had become technologically obsolete by 1914 if not earlier. Almost all of them were scrapped as a result of the 1921 Washington Naval Treaty, although they likely would have been scrapped soon anyway as a result of becoming technologically obsolete. A good feature of the book, in my opinion, is the several transverse hull sections drawn showing the arrangement and thicknesses of the side and deck armor. Unfortunately, the drawings are so reduced in size that you need either a magnifying glass or outstanding eyesight to read some of the lettering and armor thickness numbers. Another good feature is the Appendix. It provides summaries of dimensions, propulsion machinery horsepowers and maximum speeds for the 10 classes of battleships; percentages of weights devoted to items such as hull, armor, armament, machinery, and so forth; and performance of the various types and sizes of guns comprising the armament. Based on some values shown it appears that the reciprocating VTE machinery of the era could produce approximately 10 to 12 horsepower per ton of machinery weight.
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