The Naval Institute guide to the ships and aircraft of the U.S. fleet
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The Naval Institute guide to the ships and aircraft of the U.S. fleet
Naval Institute, c2005
18th ed
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Ships and aircraft of the U.S. fleet
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes indexes
"Samuel Loring Morison, senior researcher, ships ; Richard R. Burgess, senior researcher, aviation ; Julie Olver, managing editor"
Description and Table of Contents
Description
* A standard reference work on the U.S. sea services
*Contains valuable information on technological advances
*Unprecedented accuracy and reliability
Packed with authoritative information, photographs, line drawings, maps and useful appendices, this timely guide describes the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard during the intensive period of transformation since the Cold War. The sea services play vital roles in today's military, and this comprehensive volume gives a valuable overview of each force and provides details of their ships, aircraft, weapons and people. New to this eighteenth edition are chapters on the Navy's littoral combat ships and the unmanned aerial vehicles being flown by all three services.
Continuing a longstanding tradition as the most complete resource of its kind, this updated edition surpasses the high expectations and exacting standards established by its predecessors. author once again reinforces the guide's reputation for accuracy and reliability.
by "Nielsen BookData"