Here is a continuation on the earlier Squadron Destroyers books. This particular volume covers the 'between the wars' builds that saw so much action during the first years of the war.

The classes covered are Farragut, Porter, Mahan, Fanning and Craven classes. These were all built to the 1930s  London Treaty specs of not more than 1500 tons, though many of them were upgraded with equipment during the war that exceeded that maximum displacement.

In addition to the usual explanations of the various equipment in each class, there are drawings that show the salient features of each class of ship. Not only that, but the author has managed to find photos of all the individual ships in each class during various times in their careers.

Camouflage is as important to ship builders as it is to aircraft modelers and that is also well documented in this book. As usual, there are excellent profiles in the center that give a good representation of these camouflage schemes.

In all a really fascinating book, especially for those of us who are nautically challenged, and an excellent general reference on the types portrayed.

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