Destroyers
- ISBN-10
- 0736800417
- ISBN-13
- 9780736800419
- Series
- Destroyers
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 48
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998-08
- Publisher
- Capstone Press
- Author
- Michael Green
Description
Discusses the history, weapons, missions, and possible future of U.S. Navy destroyers.
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- 2005-06-22
- 321 pages
- Ebook
- Bloomsbury Publishing USA
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