Destroyer Battles: Epics of Naval Close Encounters
- ISBN-10
- 1591142059
- ISBN-13
- 9781591142058
- Category
- Destroyers (Warships)
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- US Naval Institute Press
- Author
- Robert Cecil Stern
Description
"Fast, maneuverable and heavily armed, destroyers were the most aggressive surface warships of the twentieth century. Although originally conceived as a defensive screen to protect the main battlefleet from torpedo attack, the gamekeeper soon turned poacher, and became primarily a weapon of offence. As such they were involved in many hard-fought battles, using both torpedoes and guns, especially with enemy vessels of the same kind. This book recounts some of the most significant, spectacular or unusual actions in the history of destroyer warfare, from the first employment of torpedo craft during the Russo-Japanese War to the recent terrorist attack on USS Cole."--BOOK JACKET.
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