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

USS New York (BB-34): From World War I to the Atomic Age (Legends of Warfare: Naval, 8)

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 1927â€“28, New York continued to serve both inÂ 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.Â
Country USA
Brand SCHIFFER MILITARY
Manufacturer Schiffer Military History
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 241 b/w & colour photos
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780764358241
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

USS New York (BB-34): From World War I to the Atomic Age (Legends of Warfare: Naval, 8)