Landing ships now have a permanent place in the American fleet. They stand as a distinct class between the combat and auxiliary ships. It is all too easy to forget that it was not until the Second World War that they became so important. Wilhelm M. Donko's richly illustrated type book provides an overview of this diverse and varied category of ships, without which a worldwide security concept would be impossible to implement.
Over 2000 landing ships of the American Navy are listed in detail by type and class. The focus is on the approximately 600 U.S. Navy "amphibious mother ships".
Group
Books (first-hand)
Author
Donko, Wilhelm Maximilian
Title
Landungsschiffe der U.S. Navy seit 1939
Details
250 bw and colour illus. 224 pp.
State
new
Motorbuch Verlag Hauptstätter Straße 149 70178 Stuttgart Deutschland
