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A detailed, illustrated look at the earliest seven classes of destroyer fielded by the Imperial Japanese Navy of World War II.
Several classes of Japanese destroyer were 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 also examines the three classes built before the Special Type which were based on a German World War I design, as well as two classes built afterward.
Pacific War expert Mark Stille evaluates the success of these designs - from the first battles of the Pacific War up until the death sortie of the superbattleship Yamato - and compares them to similar Allied destroyer designs.
Published | Mar 20 2013 |
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Format | Ebook (PDF) |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 48 |
ISBN | 9781849089869 |
Imprint | Osprey Publishing |
Illustrations | 42 b/w; 2 col |
Series | New Vanguard |
Short code | NVG 198 |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
This handy handbook perfectly complements Osprey's two-volume set on US World War II destroyers -- New Vanguard 162 and 165. And I eagerly await Stille's sequel.
David L. Veres, www.cybermodeler.com (July 2013)
This book covers the various classes from Minikaze through Shiratsuyu and include the Kamikaze, Mitsuk, Fubuki, Akatsuke, and Hatsuharu builds. Each ship class is described and a brief history of each ship in the class is provided, including its eventual fate. This is further enhanced by at least one well done photo of each class as well as the art work of Paul Wright showing some of these ships in action. It all makes for an excellent primer on these ships and is a book that every nautical enthusiast has to have on their shelves. Most highly recommended.
Scott Van Aken, Modeling Madness (April 2013)
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