Year: 2000 Language: english Author: Steve. Wiper Genre: History Publisher: Classic Warships Publishing Edition: Warship Pictorial № 8 Format: PDF Quality: Scanned pages Pages count: 59 Description: The USS Salem represents the ultimate in World War Two wartime cruiser design. She was a member of the Des Moines Class Heavy Cruiser the last of the all gun cruisers built by for US Navy. Certainly they were the largest, unless you consider the Alaska Class Battle Cruisers. Similar to the Oregon City class these Cruisers were about 4,000 tons heavier. The extra tonnage was to accommodate the extra ammunition that these ships carried. Each of the Salem's 8" main guns could pump out shells at the rate of 20 per minute, making them a formidable opponent. In this book the 8th in the Warship Pictorial series you will find close up photo's of these main guns with a cutaway dimensioned drawing of the inner workings of the turret showing the shell and powder hoists. There are many crisp clear photo's of this graceful cruiser throughout the book that trace her career from her commissioning to her dry-docking in winter 1999-2000. Included is a listing of her operational career from the date she was ordered to her dry-docking after becoming the only Heavy Cruiser museum in the United States.
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The USS Salem represents the ultimate in World War Two wartime cruiser design. There are many crisp clear photo's of this graceful cruiser throughout the book that trace her career from her commissioning to her dry-docking in winter 1999-2000. Included is a listing of her operational career from the date she was ordered to her dry-docking after becoming the only Heavy Cruiser museum in the United States.
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USS Salem CA-139
Language: english
Author: Steve. Wiper
Genre: History
Publisher: Classic Warships Publishing
Edition: Warship Pictorial № 8
Format: PDF
Quality: Scanned pages
Pages count: 59
Description: The USS Salem represents the ultimate in World War Two wartime cruiser design. She was a member of the Des Moines Class Heavy Cruiser the last of the all gun cruisers built by for US Navy. Certainly they were the largest, unless you consider the Alaska Class Battle Cruisers. Similar to the Oregon City class these Cruisers were about 4,000 tons heavier. The extra tonnage was to accommodate the extra ammunition that these ships carried.
Each of the Salem's 8" main guns could pump out shells at the rate of 20 per minute, making them a formidable opponent. In this book the 8th in the Warship Pictorial series you will find close up photo's of these main guns with a cutaway dimensioned drawing of the inner workings of the turret showing the shell and powder hoists.
There are many crisp clear photo's of this graceful cruiser throughout the book that trace her career from her commissioning to her dry-docking in winter 1999-2000. Included is a listing of her operational career from the date she was ordered to her dry-docking after becoming the only Heavy Cruiser museum in the United States.
Contents
The USS Salem represents the ultimate in World War Two wartime cruiser design. There are many crisp clear photo's of this graceful cruiser throughout the book that trace her career from her commissioning to her dry-docking in winter 1999-2000. Included is a listing of her operational career from the date she was ordered to her dry-docking after becoming the only Heavy Cruiser museum in the United States.Screenshots
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