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Details the largest class of destroy escorts ever built, drawing on photographs, first-hand accounts, ship plans, and other sources. Explains how the US design was intended for the British but used by the US as well when it entered World War II, and how it became the dominant anti-submarine vessel in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters. Annotati
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Warship World, Autumn 1999 (UK) This excellent and well produced book reviews the design and construction of the second largest class of major combatants in the U.S. Navy. In addition, the Buckley-class destroyer escorts provide the greatest number of warships to the United Kingdom under the terms of Lend-Lease. In Part I of this volume, the author outlines the origin, design, armament, conversion programmes, and service history. Part II contains the only complete photographic record of all 154 Buckley-class destroyer escorts and their variants. The book is completed by six appendices. These appendices contain a large amount of information which adds to the value of this comprehensively researched book. This volume will appeal to all warship enthusiasts and modellers and is highly recommended.
Warship World, Autumn 1999 (UK) This excellent and well produced book reviews the design and construction of the second largest class of major combatants in the U.S. Navy. In addition, the Buckley-class destroyer escorts provide the greatest number of warships to the United Kingdom under the terms of Lend-Lease. In Part I of this volume, the author outlines the origin, design, armament, conversion programmes, and service history. Part II contains the only complete photographic record of all 154 Buckley-class destroyer escorts and their variants. The book is completed by six appendices. These appendices contain a large amount of information which adds to the value of this comprehensively researched book. This volume will appeal to all warship enthusiasts and modellers and is highly recommended.
Booklist , May 1, 1999 The subjects of Franklin's superior monograph constituted the most numerous class of U.S. Navy destroyer escorts during World War II. More than 150 were built, and they served in several allies' navies (some 50 in the British) in both the Atlantic and the Pacific. Franklin has comprehensively researched the book, and the effort has elicited much new and useful information, such as the design compromises that shortages of materials and facilities forced on even the lavish U.S. wartime production machine. Graphic material includes comprehensive plans as well as illustrations of most ships of the class. Lovers of World War II ships will accord Franklin and the publisher a hearty "Well done."
Ships in Scale, Nov/Dec 1999 The Buckley-Class Destroyer Escorts is a must-have if you're modeling one, served aboard them, or love to read about warships.
Phillip K. Lundeberg, Curator emeritus of naval history, Smithsonian Institution. "An exemplary contribution that provides an attractive model for further studies of major warship programs during World War II." --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
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