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Historic Battleship Texas : the last dreadnought / John C. Ferguson.
- Title
- Historic Battleship Texas : the last dreadnought / John C. Ferguson.
- Author
- Ferguson, John C.
- Publication
- Abilene, Tex. : State House Press : Distributed by Texas A&M University Press Consortium, c2007.
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Details
- Description
- 192 p. : ill., maps; 23 cm.
- Summary
- During the first quarter of the 20th century, the major naval powers of the world built hundreds of Dreadnought-style battleships. Today there is only one. The battleship Texas was for a time the most powerful weapon on earth. When it was commissioned in 1914, the 14-inch guns were the largest in the world. This technological marvel of the time served with the British Grand Fleet in World War I and was the flagship of the entire U.S. Navy between the two World Wars. During the Second World War, an older Texas, past its prime, supported amphibious invasions in North Africa, Normandy, Southern France, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. The ship and her crew were preparing for the invasion of Japan when the war ended and the Texas came home. (B&N.).
- Series Statement
- Military history of Texas series ; no. 4
- Uniform Title
- Military history of Texas series ; no. 4.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 176-186) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- ISBN
- 9781933337074 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 1933337079 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2007028523
- OCLC
- 154678508
- SCSB-11425464
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library