Sumner-Gearing-Class Destroyers: Their Design, Weapons, and Equipment

Sumner-Gearing-Class Destroyers: Their Design, Weapons, and Equipment

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The U.S. Navy's <i>Sumner-Gearing</i>-class destroyers served as a standard for post-World War II destroyer design and development. This handsomely illustrated work traces the origins of the US Navy's <i>Sumner-Gearing</i> class destroyers through half a century of changing naval technology, showing the great advances made in ordnance, fire control and steam engineering. The destroyers served as a standard for post-World War II destroyer design and development. This classic work on WWII destroyers is now available again after being long out of print.