Imperial Japanese Navy Destroyers 1919–45 (1): Minekaze to Shiratsuyu Classes: 198 (New Vanguard) - Softcover

Stille, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1849089841 ISBN 13: 9781849089845

Publisher: Osprey Publishing, 2013

Synopsis

This volume will detail the history, weapons and tactics of the Japanese destroyers built before the war. This includes the famous Fubuki class called Special Type by the Japanese, which were, when completed in the late 1920's, the most powerful class of destroyers in the world. This design forced all other major navies to follow suite and provided the basic design for the next many classes of Imperial Navy destroyers. This book will also cover the three classes built before the Special Type which were based on a German World War I design as well as two classes built after the advent of the Special Type. All of these ships had a rich history as they fought from the first battles of the Pacific War up until the very end when several accompanied the superbattleship Yamato on her death sortie. The final part of the book will be an analysis of the destroyer designs covered in the book which will include an examination of their strengths and weaknesses. The success (or lack of success) of these designs will be discussed and they will be compared to comparable Allied destroyer designs.

About this title

Review:

"This book is an excellent reference for any modeler or IJN fan. Osprey has added another solid volume to their collection." --Reviews at IPMS/USA

Book Description:

A detailed, illustrated look at the earliest seven classes of destroyer fielded by the Imperial Japanese Navy of World War II.

About this edition

• Publisher: Osprey Publishing
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1849089841
• ISBN 13: 9781849089845
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 48
• Illustrator: Wright Paul