Silver State Dreadnought: The Remarkable Story of Battleship Nevada
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USS Nevada (BB-36) was America's first modern battleship. When her keel was laid in 1912, kings and emperors still ruled much of the world. When she finally slipped beneath the waves in 1948, America was the undisputed global superpower. Nevada was revolutionary for her time: the first superdreadnought; the first U.S. warship to be oil fired; the first to have a triple-gun main turret; and, the first to have all-or-nothing armor. In World War I, she...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1682472892
ISBN13:9781682472897
Release Date:November 2018
Publisher:US Naval Institute Press
Length:320 Pages
Weight:2.20 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 7.1" x 10.1"
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