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American Cruisers of W. W. II: A Pictorial History

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If you find it somewhere, grab it! This is a great book. It covers 74 US Cruisers that saw action in WW2, that earned at least one battle star. It covers Heavy Cruisers, Light Cruisers, and the Alaska-class Battlecruisers. It also briefly covers the Princeton-class Light Carriers that were built on Cleveland-class cruiser hulls. The book covers the ship by class, with a short introduction. A summary of each ship's WW2 history then follows. There's at least one photo of every cruiser.

It is unusually difficult to find good books on this subject. It has a brief history of each ship, and some excellent photos. I highly recommend it.

While the text is dated in places, this is well worth the effort. IMHO this stands out and provides some value in an arena that is crowded with valuless pamphlet type books.

This book was given to the family of my uncle upon his passing. It was the perfect tribute to a WW II vet who had served on one of the cruisers. The write ups and the photos make this book one that can be enjoyed by people of all ages.

This book contained what I was looking for. My Dad sereved on the USS Phoenix CL46. I found books that never gave Dads ship any credit for her war record, although this book dosen't list all the details, it sure did give Phoenix (and all other cruisers) credit well deserved. Excellent book!!