Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Volume II
Washington, DC: U. S. Department of the Navy, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Navy History Division, 1977. Reprint with corrections, second printing [stated]. Hardcover. Quarto. xxiii, [1] , 591, [1] pages. Volume II ONLY. Illustrated endpapers. Abbreviations and Symbols. List of Illustrations. Bibliography. Historical Sketches: Letters C, D, E, and F. Aircraft Carriers. Confederate Forces Afloat. Cover has some wear and soiling. No dust jacket present. This revised edition depicts each ship in its historical setting; the original edition was published in 1959. The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS) is the official reference work for the basic facts about ships used by the United States Navy. When the writing project was developed the parameters for this series were designed to cover only commissioned US Navy ships with assigned names. If the ship was not assigned a name it was not included in the histories written for the series. In addition to the ship entries, DANFS and the online links have been expanded to include appendices on small craft, histories of Confederate Navy ships, and various essays related to naval ships. Volume II has been changed somewhat from Volume I in format and scope of content, to improve the value and utility of the series. the changes are a result of evaluation of comments on Volume I and from analysis by members of the Navy History Division. One of the most useful changes is the inclusion of the names f noncommissioned ships and craft in the alphabetical section of this volume. More than 10,000 named vessels have served in the United States and Continental Navies. DANFS was published in print by the Naval Historical Center (NHC) as bound hardcover volumes, ordered by ship name, from Volume I (A–B) in 1959 to Volume VIII (W–Z) in 1981. Several volumes subsequently went out of print. In 1991 a revised Volume I Part A, covering only ship names beginning with A, was released. Work continues on revisions of the remaining volumes. As the DANFS is a work of the U.S. government, its content is in the public domain, and the text is often quoted verbatim in other works (including in some cases Wikipedia articles). Many websites organized by former and active crew members of U.S. Navy vessels include a copy of their ships' DANFS entries. The Dictionary limits itself largely to basic descriptions and brief operational notes, and includes almost no analysis or historical context. Unless otherwise specified, all the ships illustrated in this volume are commission ships of the United States Navy with their names preceded by the Identification USS. Condition: Good.
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