Japanese Battleship Volume 1.

The story of Imperial Japan's capital ships during the period of 1905 to 1940. Covers the foundation of the shipbuilding industry, structure of the navy, early battleship construction programs, the 1912 Emergency Fleet Replentishment Program, fleet completion programs, the Washington Treaty and disarmament conferences, the Showa Naval Armament Replentishment program and the origins of the Yamato class battleships. Addresses the design and development of each vessel constructed or procured from foreign yards. Well illustrated with more than 170 b/w photos, detail drawings and plan views, and 2 fold-outs presenting the Battleship Mikasa in 1905 fit through color graphics and a detailed 1/350 scale profile and overhead plan. Includes appendices. English text. 208 pages.