Soviet warship development. Vol. 1: 1917-1937

Hardcover 21X28 cm, 288 pages. This book provides design development histories, dimension and performance characteristics tabulations, photos, and line drawings of all the major warships of the pre-WW I and 1917 - 1937 period. It also includes the ships that were designed but never completed such as the "Borodino" class battlecruisers of 1913 - 1915. Chapter 8 discusses the effects of the first Five-Year Plan of 1929 -1933 on warship modernization and some new construction. Other chapters discuss weapons and shipyards. 9780851776040 Conway