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American Privateers of the Revolutionary War

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: New Vanguard - Ships - Ancients to Ironclads

Last Stocked on 10/12/2023

Product Info

Title
American Privateers of the Revolutionary War
Publisher
Category
Author
Angus Konstam
Publish Year
2020
Pages
48
Dimensions
7.25x9.75x.25"
NKG Part #
2147959599
MFG. Part #
OSPNVG279
Type
Softcover
Series
NVG279

Description

Four pipes and flush decks - these ships were a distinctively American destroyer design. Devised immediately prior to and during the United States' involvement in World War I they dominated the US Navy's destroyer forces all the way through to World War II.

They were deployed on North Atlantic and Norwegian Sea convoys, and virtually everywhere in the Pacific, from Alaska to Australia. Fifty were given to Great Britain in its hour of need in 1940, and many would serve in other navies, fighting under the Soviet, Canadian, Norwegian, and even the Imperial Japanese flags. They also served in a variety of roles becoming seaplane tenders, high-speed transports, minesweepers and minelayers. One was even used as a self-propelled mine during Operation Chariot, destroying the dry dock at St. Nazaire.

Fully illustrated throughout with commissioned artwork and contemporary photographs, this volume reveals the operational history of these US Navy ships that fought with distinction in both World Wars.

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