Anatomy of the Ship. The Heavy Cruiser Takao. by SKULSKI Janusz - [1994]

US Naval Institute Press, 1994-08. Hardcover. Used: Good.

E-381: Conway Maritime Pr. Very Good. 2004. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Conway Maritime Press, London, UK. 2004. 256 pgs. Illustrated with Black and White Plates. First UK Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present. Bound in illustrated paper covered boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The Takao class of Japanese heavy cruisers was approved in the 1927-31 Programme, and the Takao was the first of four vessels launched between May 1930 and April 1931. These were genuinely aggressive ships, being fast, heavily armed with both guns and torpedos, and well-protected. They saw much action in the Pacific War between 1941 and 1945, but Takao, having survived a torpedo attack during the Leyte Gulf battle preliminaries, w as sunk by a British midget submarine in Singapore Harbour. The 'Anatomy of the Ship' series aims to provide the… Read More

Conway Maritime Press,, [1994]. Oblong 4to., First Edition, with frontispiece, and very numerous illustrations from photographs and detailed scale drawings in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in Conway's outstanding 'Anatomy of the Ship' series featuring probably the most detailed drawings ever produced for historical naval publications.

Annapolis: Naval Inst.. very nice copy . Near Fine. Hardcover. First. 1994.