| Date of Review |
November 2007 |
| Title |
USS Maryland BB 46 |
| Publisher |
AA Military Research |
| Published |
2007 |
| ISBN |
None |
| Format |
220 hi-res photos on an interactive
CD-ROM |
| MSRP (USD) |
$25.00 |
For those of you that believe that one photo is worth 1,000
words, here is a new photo CD with about 220,000 words in high
resolution. These are high quality images that were taken at
various periods during the operational career of the USS Maryland.
Designated BB 46, the Maryland was laid down in 1917 and launched
in 1921. The Maryland was the first US vessel armed with the
16 inch gun and served the US Navy in relative peace for the
first 20 years of its career.
USS Maryland was docked along Battleship Row at Pearl Harbor
on 7 Dec 1941. Though she was hit by two bombs and reported
sunk by the Japanese, Maryland was able to transit stateside
to Puget Sound for repairs, arriving on 30 Dec. USS Maryland
was the first of the surviving Pearl Harbor battleships to
enter the war and give back what she and her sisters had been
subjected. Despite repeated kamikaze attacks, the 'Fighting
Mary' survived the war and was decommissioned in 1947.
The CD provides a nice summary of the ship's history during each
period or chapter on the CD-ROM. You can jump right into the
year or era of interest to see how the ship was fitted and read
about its operational exploits during that period. The photos
are high resolution many over 3000 pixels wide.
This CD-ROM
is menu-driven and displayed on your web browser to allow you
to navigate through the informative pages and view the high-resolution
content. If you're a naval historian and/or naval modeler,
you'll find lots of material here that you won't see in such
clear resolution in print.
This title is recommended!
This title is available directly from the publisher at AA
Military Research.
My sincere thanks to AA
Military Research for this review sample!
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