The Destroyer USS Kidd
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Anatomy of The Ship
Complete with more than 600 scale drawings and 400 colour 3D views
Part Number: HIS5283
Edition: 2024
Printed and corrected to: No
ISBN: 9781472827418
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Imprint: Osprey Publishing
Language: English
Format: Hardback
A brilliantly detailed visual representation of the only US World War II destroyer to have retained its original configuration.
Superbly illustrated with artwork of the ship through its career, reconstructions of deck layouts, and 3D illustrations of every detail of the ship from its rigging to its boats to its anchors, this book reconstructs and dissects the Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd, the most original survivor of the US Navy's most famous class of World War II destroyers. Kidd fought throughout the Pacific War, in the Marshall Islands, Marianas, and Philippines campaigns. In early 1945, Kidd joined Task Force 58 for the invasion of Okinawa, and postwar served in the Korean War. Since 1982 USS Kidd has been a museum ship at Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Drawing on Stefan Draminski's new research and making the best use yet of his acclaimed 3D illustration techniques, this is the most comprehensive examination of USS Kidd ever published. It includes a complete set of detailed line drawings with fully descriptive keys and full-color 3D artwork, supported by technical details, photographs, and a concise history of the ship's construction and service.