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Very Good. Size: 8x5x0; Text and images unmarked. The stapled wrapper shows some light handling, a trace of soiling on the back panel. Oblong 4to. 50pp.
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Very Good+, No Dust Jacket. Oblong 8vo, 50pgs., B/W Photos. Softcover. Color illustrated covers front and back. Chock full of photos. Nice tight binding.
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Good++, No Dust Jacket. Oblong 8vo, 50pgs., B/W Photos. Softcover. Color illustrated covers front and back show edgewear A few bent corners. Chock full of photos.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. Part 2, Warships no. 4. (United States Militay, Ships, Equipment) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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Don Greer (Illustrations) and Kevin Wornkey (line. Very good. 50 pages, Illustrations (some with color). The United States Navy began the construction of battleships with USS Texas in 1892, but the first battleship under that designation would be USS Indiana. Texas and USS Maine, commissioned three years later, were part of the New Navy program of the late 19th century, a proposal by then Secretary of the Navy William H. Hunt to match Europe's navies that ignited a years-long debate that was suddenly settled in Hunt's favor when the Brazilian Empire commissioned the battleship Riachuelo. In 1890, Alfred Thayer Mahan's book The Influence of Sea Power upon History was published and significantly influenced future naval policy-as an indirect of its influence on Secretary Benjamin F. Tracy, the Navy Act of June 30, 1890 authorized the construction of "three sea-going, coast-line battle ships" which became the Indiana class. The Navy Act of July 19, 1892 authorized construction of a fourth "sea-going, coast-line battle ship", which became USS Iowa. By the start of the 20th century, the United States Navy had in service or under construction the three Illinois-class and two Kearsarge-class battleships, making the United States the world's fifth strongest power at sea from a nation that had been 12th in 1870. Except for Kearsarge, named by an act of Congress, all U.S. Navy battleships have been named for states, and each of the 48 contiguous states has had at least one battleship named for it except Montana; two battleships were authorized to be named Montana but both were canceled before construction started. No American battleship has ever been lost at sea, though four were sunk during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Of these, only USS Arizona (BB-39) and USS Oklahoma (BB-37) were permanently destroyed as a result of enemy action. Several other battleships have been sunk as targets, and USS Utah, demilitarized and converted into a target and training ship, was permanently destroyed at Pearl Harbor.