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portada US Navy Cold War Guided Missile Cruisers
Type
Physical Book
Author
Illustrated by
Publisher
Year
2020
Language
English
Pages
48
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
24.4 x 18.0 x 0.5 cm
Weight
0.18 kg.
ISBN13
9781472835260
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US Navy Cold War Guided Missile Cruisers

Mark Stille (Author) · Adam Tooby (Illustrated by) · Osprey Publishing (UK) · Paperback

US Navy Cold War Guided Missile Cruisers - Stille, Mark ; Tooby, Adam

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Synopsis "US Navy Cold War Guided Missile Cruisers"

This title explores the history of the US Navy's guided missile cruisers, its most powerful surface ships during the Cold War, which were tasked with protecting carrier groups, acting as flagships, and engaging in surface actions from Vietnam to the Persian Gulf. Faced with an increasingly formidable antiship cruise missile threat from the Soviet Union in the early days of the Cold War, and with the recent memory of the kamikaze threat from World War II, the USN. placed a great priority on developing air defense cruise missiles and getting them to sea to protect the fleet. The first of these missiles were sizable, necessitating large ships to carry them and their sensors, which resulted in the conversion of a mix of heavy and light cruisers. These ships, tasked with protecting carrier groups and acting as flagships, entered service from 1955 and served until 1980. The cruisers served in the front lines of the Cold War and many saw combat service, engaging in surface actions from Vietnam to the Persian Gulf. Complementing the conventionally-powered missile cruisers was a much smaller number of expensive nuclear-powered cruisers, including the Long Beach, the USN's largest-ever missile cruiser. Until replaced by the Ticonderoga and Burke classes of Aegis ships, the USN's 38 missile cruisers were the most capable and important surface combatants in the fleet and served all over the globe during the Cold War. Using specially commissioned artwork and meticulous research, this illustrated title explores the story of these cruisers in unparalleled detail, revealing the history behind their development and employment.

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