Battleship New Jersey: An Illustrated History (1st Edition) [Hardcover]

Paul Stillwell (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Naval Inst Pr; 1st edition (March 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0870210297
• ISBN-13: 978-0870210297
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 9.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,203,320 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Every Naval historian should have this book., May 6, 1997

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This review is from: Battleship New Jersey: An Illustrated History (1st Edition) (Hardcover)

The only thing I could find "wrong" about Paul's book is that it was published before her last and premature (my opinion) inactivation. Well, there IS one more thing "wrong", I was still employed by the Navy at the time and was not allowed to furnish Paul technical history of the ship's 1981/82 reactivation and modernization period.
Maybe, if Paul finds the time to revise the book one more time, we can get all that updated. Otherwise, the author brings you the life of a Battleship in a way no other person can do. Well, of course Paul Stillwell can. He SERVED aboard The Big J himself. And that's his style of historical record; the people who made up those ships as the designers, craftsmen and crewmen.
I cannot imagine anyone serious about Naval history not wanting this book in their library. Therefore, even if your interest is in cruisers or destroyers or submarines or carriers, you MUST have THIS book because it is about the PEOPLE that made the United States Navy the greatest Naval Force in the history of the world.
Richard Landgraff
DREADNAUGHT CONSULTING
Long Beach, California

4.0 out of 5 stars Proud History, July 9, 2011

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This review is from: Battleship New Jersey: An Illustrated History (1st Edition) (Hardcover)

I purchased this illustrated history to use as a reference for the making of a model of the New Jersey. This book provides excellent design details but also the living history of the ships crew and the changing roles and missions that kept her in service for four decades when most naval historians predicted the quick demise of the "Battlewagons" with the advent of the carrier. So much about this grand ship I never knew and chose the model because I witnessed the power of her armaments in Vietnam along the DMZ in 1967 and again off the coast of Lebanon. A classic ship with a proud history of service told in a complete tale.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best Big J book, February 28, 2000

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Jon Lotton (Trail , Oregon) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Battleship New Jersey: An Illustrated History (1st Edition) (Hardcover)

I own this book and am very pleased with it , I agree with other people that it was published much to early it needs more info , other wise a very very good book a must have.