Naval Books

Legends of Warfare: USS Hornet (CV-8)

USS Hornet (CV-8), made famous through its launching of the 16 US Army B-25 Mitchell bombers flown by Jimmy Doolittle’s raiders in the first US strike on Japan in May 1942, was the third and last Yorktown-class aircraft carrier completed. Serving the US...

Legends of Warfare: USS Nimitz (CVN-68)

The nuclear-powered supercarrier USS Nimitz is the oldest carrier in the US fleet. Commissioned in 1975, CVN-68 is named after famed navy admiral Chester Nimitz and has been at the front line of many naval operations in its 40+ years of service. Nimitz’s...

On the Deck Vol.1: Naval Aviation in Scale

On the Deck is devoted entirely to naval aviation modelling of all scales, era, and nationalities and contains builds from classic brands and well known subjects as well as newly released kits, and each model is despicted in a step-by-step style to guide...

Warship Pictorial #10 Indianapolis and Portland

Warship Pictorial #10 Indianapolis and Portland   by Steve Wiper of Classic Warships             For those of you that are wanting to build the New Tamiya Indianapolis or Classic Warships USS Portland Heavy Cruisers that we reviewed. This is a must have...

Warship Pictorial #30 IJN Tankao Class Cruisers

  Classic Warships is back with another Warship Pictorial. This one by Steve Wiper covers the Japanese Takao class cruisers of WW2. The book features stunning photos, and drawings of the IJN cruisers from their construction to their end. The photos are...

Warship Pictorial #31 USS Buchanan DD - 484

Classic Warships is back with another Warship Pictorial, this one features the USS Buchanan DD-484 the subject of Dragons new 1/350 smart kit. If you thought you had seen all the photos of this ship, well guess again. This new book adds many new images...

Warship Pictorial #32 South Dakota Class Battleships

Classic Warships is back with another Warship Pictorial. This one covers the South Dakota battleships. All four ships in the class are featured in color and black and white photos. With the release of the Trumpeter 1/700 and 1/350 kits, this book will...

Warship Pictorial #33 USS Lexington CV-2

Book detailing the history of the USS Lexington.

Warship Pictorial #35 Ticonderoga Class Cruisers

Collection of images of the Ticonderoga Class cruisers.

Warship Pictorial #36 Kriegsmarine Scharnhorst

Warship Pictorial 36 - Kriegsmarine Scharnhorst by Steve Wiper Publisher : Classic Warships Available : June 2011 ISBN : 978-0-9823583-7-5 This book in the Warship Pictorial series covers the battleship ROMA, from her construction, through to her demise...

Warship Pictorial #37 RM Roma

The Classic Warships's series Warship Pictorial is out with the latest volume- #37!- on the Italian Battleship RM (Regia Marina) Roma.   As with previous volumes, this book follows the standard format- a textual general history, followed by...

Warship Pictorial #38 IJN Nagato Class battleships

The Classic Warships's series Warship Pictorial is out with the latest volume- #38- the long awaited volume on the Nagato Class Japanese Battleships..   As with previous volumes, this book follows the standard format- a textual general history, followed...

Warship Pictorial #39 German Battleships 1939-1945

The Classic Warships's series Warship Pictorial is out with the latest volume- #39- covering German Battleships Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Bismark and Tirpitz from 1939 through 1945.   The book has many never before published images of these ships, and some...

Warship Pictorial #40 USS Independence CVL-22

The Classic Warships's series Warship Pictorial has released it's 40th volume!- covering the USS Independence, CVL-22.   This volume has 77 black and white photos, along with a few color photos and a nice colorized illustration of her Measure 32...

Warship Pictorial #41 USS Midway CV-41

The Classic Warships's latest Warship Pictorial is #41 USS Midway CV-41. Authored by CDR Pete Clayton, USN, this edition is different than the other 40 works in this series. This book has fewer full-page images than usual, and considerably more text...

Warship Pictorial #42 Round Bridge Fletcher

Classic Warship Publishing has released a new book, the 42nd in it's Warship Pictorial line.   This one focuses on the Round Bridge Fletcher class destroyers.   This book features 72 pages with over 125 images - including five in color - of the "Round...

Warship Pictorial #43 Alaska Class Cruisers

Classic Warship Publishing has released a new book, the 43rd in it's Warship Pictorial line.   This one focuses on the Alaska Class Cruisers - the United States Navy's Large Cruisers of World War II. This book features 72 pages with over 65 images -...

Warship Pictorial #44 USS Yorktown CV-5

Classic Warship Publishing has released a new book, the 44th in its Warship Pictorial line.   This one focuses on CV-5, the legendary USS Yorktown of Coral Sea and Midway fame. This book features 72 pages with over 85 images of this valiant carrier,...

Warship Pictorial #45 Square Bridge Fletcher

Classic Warship Publishing has released a new book, the 45th in it's Warship Pictorial line.   This one focuses on the Square Bridge Fletcher class destroyers, which constituted almost 2/3 of this class of ships. This book features 72 pages with over 115...

Warship Pictorial #46 USS New Jersey BB-62

Warship Pictorial 46 - USS New Jersey BB-62 by Steve Wiper Description: WP46 is an expanded and modified re-print of WP16 by the same name. Two additional color images, and eight black and white photographs make up the expansion of this book to 72 pages...

Warship Pictorial #47 German Battlecruisers 1910 - 1919

The German "Battle-Cruiser," originally known as the "Large Cruiser," was the final evolution of the Armored Cruiser. The Imperial German Navy built a smaller number of these warships compared to the British Royal Navy, but they were more like the "Fast...

Warship Pictorial #48 German Battleships 1909-1919

This volume is a photographic history of the key classes of the “Dreadnought” type battleships of the “Kaiser’s Navy,” also known as the Imperial German Navy, from the Nassau, Helgoland, Kaiser, König and Bayern classes, that formed the backbone of the...

Warship Pictorial #49

This second volume on the four German battleships of the Second World War period covers Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Bismarck and Tirpitz from early 1939 through to the sinking of Bismarck in May 1941. This pictorial covers the ships with previously...

Warship Pictorial #50 - USS Enterprise CV - 6 Vol: 01

This book covers Enterprise from her initial construction, through to 6 December 1941, within 72 pages, containing 13 color and 81 B&W images. Many new images and a few bits of new information on her history. This pictorial covers CV-6 and her...