Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Volume V; Historical Sketches--Letters N through Q, Appendices--Stone Fleet, Minecraft, New Ships, Aircraft
Washington, DC: U. S. Department of the Navy, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Navy History Division, 1979. Reprint [stated]. Hardcover. Quarto. xxiv, 639, [3] pages. Volume V: Historical Sketches--Letters N through Q, Appendices--Stone Fleet, Minecraft, New Ships, Aircraft Illustrated endpapers. Abbreviations and Symbols. List of Illustrations. Maps. Illustrations. Bibliography. Cover and edges have some wear and soiling. No dust jacket present. Foreword by the Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt (USN) and an Introduction by the Director of Naval History Rear Admiral Ernest McNeill Eller, U. S. Navy (Ret.). This volume contains Historical Sketches of ships whose names start with N, O, P, and Q. There are appendixes on Stone Fleet, Minecraft, New Ships A through M, Aircraft, and Errata previous volumes. 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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