Written by a naval officer who taught English at two service academies; this is the third edition of the premier guide to professional writing for the naval services. The book is widely used by officers; enlisted men and women and civilians in both the Navy and Marine Corps. Shenk provides sound; practical advice on all common naval writing assignments. This third edition adds a new chapter on writing emails and updates the whole book to take account of the way naval writing is done in today's computer age.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Excellent! Covers every type of Destroyer from about 1880 to 1935 or so. Many issues discussed.By Bayard B.Excellent! The book covers every type of "Destroyer" developed for the Royal Navy between about 1880 and the mid 1930s. It covers the types classified as torpedo boats; torpedo gunboats; and torpedo boat destroyers up to around 1900; the pre - 1914 and World War I destroyers; and the post World War I destroyers of the 1920s through the mid - 1930s. The book ends with the A through I classes. There is also discussion of the American "Town" class 4 - pipers transferred to Britain and the resulting modifications that the Royal Navy made to them to convert them into reasonably effective anti - submarine escorts. The ships starting with the "Tribal" class are covered in a subsequent book. There is much discussion of issues such as propulsion machinery; armament (guns; torpedoes; anti - aircraft; anti - submarine); and range. There are also discussions on issues such as Royal Navy thinking on subjects such as crew habitability; ship sea keeping; and even structural design stresses of the hulls. One issue that really stands out is how cost conscious the Admiralty was. Time after time; some design feature wasn't incorporated; or was revised; in order to keep costs down.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Jack TrowerProbably the most comprehensive detail and description of the development of the destroyer I have read.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Fine history for historians and modellersBy ex-librarianYes; yes ;; A great new history of British destroyers from an American naval expert with lots of profile and deck drawings that make it difficult to not want to make some models of these great early boats.
