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02034aam a22003735i 4500 001 E6224832FC6C11E9AD739D3597128E48 003 SILO 005 20191101010024 008 191024s2019 xx 000 0 eng d 020 $a 1591145988 020 $a 9781591145981 040 $a NjBwBT $b eng $c NjBwBT $e rda $d SILO 100 10 $a Caresse, Philippe, $d 1964- 245 14 $a The battleships of the Iowa class : $b a design and operational history $c Philippe Caresse ; translated by Bruce Taylor. 264 1 $a Annapolis, MD : $b Naval Institute Press, $c 2019. 300 $a 522 pages 520 $a "The four battleships of the Iowa class, the crowning achievement of U.S. battleship construction, had exceptionally long careers and each in their way left a distinctive mark not only on the U.S. Navy but on naval history at large. Built as the ultimate American battleship and designed to engage the major units of the Japanese and German fleets, the class were commissioned in the closing stages of World War II, the beginning of half a century of service during which individual units saw action in the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Lebanese Civil War and finally the Persian Gulf War."--Provided by publisher. 650 $a Iowa Class (Battleships) $x History. 650 $a Iowa Class (Battleships) $x Design and construction. 650 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Naval operations, American. 650 $a Iowa Class (Battleships) 650 $a Military operations, Naval $x American. 650 $a World War (1939-1945) 650 $a HISTORY / Military / Naval 650 $a TRANSPORTATION / Ships & Shipbuilding / History 650 $a HISTORY / Military / United States 650 $a HISTORY / Military / World War II 700 $a Taylor, Bruce 941 $a 4 952 $l IAOX771 $d 20221029022225.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20200204024801.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20191203011239.0 952 $l EZPE755 $d 20191101010312.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E6224832FC6C11E9AD739D3597128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search