Product Description
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 Bridge" variant of the Fletcher class destroyers, the most numerous class of destroyers ever built. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â click to
enlarge images
           Â
The book is laid out by different variants within the Round Bridge type:
Â
Fletcher's armed with the Quad 1.1 inch mount
Fletcher's armed with one twin 40mm mount
Aircraft-Handling Fletcher's
Fletcher's with two twin 40mm mounts - one on the fantail
Fletcher's with two twin 40mm mounts in the waist position
Fletcher's with three twin 40mm mounts
Fletcher's with four twin 40mm mounts - one on the fantail
The Accidental six twin gun 40mm mount Fletcher
Fletcher's with five twin 40mm mounts
Fletcher's with the Anti-Kamikaze Modification
There is also a brief section at the end of the book with some detailed shots of the underwater hull. The layout of the book seems unorthodox at first, but once you flip through it, it makes sense and groups the types of variants together.  Also included in the book is a page on the development history of the class, and a roster of the Round Bridge ships and their fates.
