Japanese Cruisers of the Pacific War
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1997.
First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover.
The authors give a detailed account of the planning, design, and construction, and numerous prewar and wartime modifications of the individual ships of each cruiser class. Their technical particulars are found in the text and in extensive data tables. Among the illustrations are more than 250 sets of fully detailed line drawings, traced for original blueprints, that show outboard and inboard profiles, hull lines, deck plans, sections, internal arrangments, machinery, armor, and bridge structures. Prewar and wartime histories of all the ships are also reported, with detail on ship movements, combat experience, damage, refits, modifications, and the final fate of each ship.
Item #901963ISBN: 0870213113
8-1/2 x 11-1/4 x 2-5/8", black cloth, xiii, 883pp, abbreviations, appendices, summary data tables, glossary, bibliography, index, fully illustrated.
Clean, square, crisp, tight, and bright, a fine copy in dust wrapper and protective mylar.
Price: $250.00