BB-67 MONTANA, U.S. Navy Battleship: Why She Matters Today [Paperback]

W. Frederick Zimmerman (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1934840181 | ISBN-13: 978-1934840184 | Publication Date: January 15, 2008

"A unique and beautiful keepsake that tells the story of the U.S. Navy's last super-battleship. A must for anyone who loves battleships, naval history, or Montana."

Product Details

• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Nimble Books (January 15, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1934840181
• ISBN-13: 978-1934840184
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 8.2 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,287,123 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I have worked at the intersection of computers and publishing for most of my adult life, beginning with a stint as Staff Writer for Sextant, the magazine for Heathkit personal computers, and most recently in product development for LexisNexis, a unit of the professional publishing giant Reed Elsevier plc.

I founded Nimble Books so that I could give myself the "green light" to launch new and interesting publishing projects.

Nimble Books publishes timely, relevant "living books" on a wide variety of subjects ranging from Harry Potter and Dan Brown to health, science, politics, and sports.

I live in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA with my beloved wife Cheryl and treasured children Kelsey and Parker.

Customer Reviews

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44 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars BB-67 Montana, Proposed U.S. WWII Battleship, April 10, 2008

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Robert Cyphers (Baltimore, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: BB-67 MONTANA, U.S. Navy Battleship: Why She Matters Today (Paperback)

BB-67 MONTANA, U.S. Navy Battleship: Why She Matters Today This is an absurdly overpriced booklet of 24 pages. It consists of 5 pages of extremely elemental text, 4 pages of hard to read design schemes, 11 pages of photographs of a model of the ship, 3 pages of an artists's conception of the ship undeway, and 1 page showing the aborted Montana BB-51 of 1921 in the early stage of construction. I would certainly not recommend this publication for anyone with a serious interest in learning the full story of the design history of the last class of BB's planned for the U.S. Navy.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars An elementry book, November 28, 2008

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Michael K. Robel (Merritt Island, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: BB-67 MONTANA, U.S. Navy Battleship: Why She Matters Today (Paperback)

This book was a disappointment. The line drawings are unreadable, the specifications are elementry, but the photos of the models were well done. It would have been better served as an article in Fine Scale Modeler of how the model was built. Overpriced and under-delivering, not recommended.

12 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars BB-67 MONTANA, U.S. Navy Battleship: Why She Matters Today, April 29, 2008

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Alan J. Desalvio "Alan J. De Salvio" (Apple Valley, California USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: BB-67 MONTANA, U.S. Navy Battleship: Why She Matters Today (Paperback)

I was provided a pdf of this document for review. The un-built Montana class of American super battleships is of interest for military (and naval) history fans, given its place in World War II-era naval planning and production. This document includes introductory material on the inception of the American super battleship design, some information on the evolution of that design, and of course details of the cancellation of the class. This document's strength is its graphical information, including reproductions of design documents, photos of scale models used during construction planning, artistic interpretations of the ship if built, and images of a recent scale model of the ship (with several views and closeups). The author adds some discussion of current major naval projects in the context of the resource- and tactics-driven cancellation of this pre-war design. This document is a worthy addition to the library of an individual interested in World War II naval history and battleships, particularly conjectural designs. Persons interested in greater depth on American battleship design are directed to Polmar's book on that subject, which is cited in this volume.