Destroyer Weapons of World War 2

pp. 192 illusts #1219 (Light foxing to prelims, NO dustjacket.) From the pre-war ‘A-to-I’ flotillas to the ‘Battle class. Part 2. United States Destroyers: From the Farragut to the Gearing Class. Each part contains sections on destroyer design, main armament, AA guns, torpedoes, ASW weapons, minelaying & minesweeping gear, directors & fire control systems, radar, sonar & electronics. With over 150 photographs and many detailed line drawings. Maritime Naval Warfare

40mm Bofors Mk 5in gun abaft the funnel aenal aerial aircraft amidships ammunition armament Atlantic Fleet Baker III bank of torpedo battery Benson-Livermores Bofors guns breech bridge wings carried conversion depth charge depth charge projectors depth charge tracks elevation Emergency Flotillas finng fitted Fletchers foremast forward four fuze-setting gear gundeck gunhouse gyro gunsight HA/LA handwheel Hazemeyer HF/DF hydraulic installation Layer’s lever loading tray machine gun mainmast mast minelayers minesweepers Mk V mounting Mk VII Mk XIX Mk XVIII modifications Navy Pacific pair platform pompom position pre-war quadruple Bofors radar pickets Radar Type 285 Rangefinder refitted removed replaced Royal Navy searchlight shell shield ships sighting port Single 20mm Oerlikon single Oerlikons sonar sponsons stowage target throwers tion torpedo tube mounting torpedo tubes Trainer’s Tribals troyers twin Bofors twin Mk twin mountings twin Oerlikons Type 15 frigates Type 285 aenal wartime weight XIX mounting