Ugly ducklings : Japan's WWII Liberty type standard ships

Ugly ducklings : Japan's WWII Liberty type standard ships / S.C. Heal.

Author/creator	Heal, S. C. (Syd C.)
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, 2003.
Description	180 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subject(s)	Cargo ships--Japan --History --20th century. Merchant marine--Japan --History --20th century. World War, 1939-1945--Transportation --Japan. World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, Japanese.

Contents	The Zaibatsu: Japan's form of conglomerate enterprise -- The first Japanese war loss: events preceding Pearl Harbor -- The prosecution of the Pacific War -- The collpase of an empire and personal memories -- The Japanese emergency shipbuilding program: the standard Type A and allied equivalents -- The standard Type A freighter becomes a cargo liner -- The Type A fleet by shipbuilders ; Fleet by ownership ; Alphabetical fleet list by yearly program with war losses -- Beyond the Type A: other ship types in the Japanese emergency standard ship program.
General note	Previously published in 2003 by Vanwell Pub., Ltd.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 177) and indexes.
LCCN	2002114058
ISBN	159114888X

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	VK105 .H43 2003	✔ Available	Place Hold