Fletcher-Class Destroyers (Warship Design Histories) [Hardcover]

Alan Raven (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 158 pages
• Publisher: Naval Institute Press; First edition (October 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0870211935
• ISBN-13: 978-0870211935
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 9.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #764,314 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Low information density. Buy it for the pictures., October 22, 2009

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Mr. Roy B. Mccammon - See all my reviews
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Fletcher-Class Destroyers by Alan Raven

Forty three pages of pictures. Eighty pages of drawings. Six pages on paint schemes and camouflage. Only thirteen pages of prose. I would have liked more information. I would have thought that such a book would include details about magazine capacity and shell types. I looked for and did not find the number of depth charges carried, although I was able to count them in some of the pictures. Alan Raven is a great writer on the subject of World War Two naval ships, but this was a perfunctory effort. There is almost nothing on details, deployments, survivability, combat, operations, tactics or significant actions. Whether I can recommend this book depends on the price. I bought an inexpensive used copy and consider it good value for what I paid.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fletcher class DD information, January 5, 2011

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R. Hunt "(FoMo)" (BC, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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One of the very best sources of information on Fletcher class destroyers available. If your a model builder this one is a "Must Have" - there are so many pictures and line drawings I couldn't possibly tell about them all. If it isn't covered in this book, you probably don't need it.

Ron (FoMo)