SCRAP Ship List Sources

Ship List Sources


#	number	Author	Published	Strength and/or Usage

1	Legacy Ship List	Historical Listing	Hullbusters	Difficult to determine
2	U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History	Norman Friedman	Naval Institute Press, 1984	A+, designated key source
3	U.S. Cruisers: An Illustrated Design History	Norman Friedman	Naval Institute Press, 1984	A+, designated key source
4	U.S. Carriers: An Illustrated Design History	Norman Friedman	Naval Institute Press, 1983	A+, designated key source
5	Battleships and Battlecruisers 1905-1970	Siegfried Breyer	Doubleday & Co., 1973	Used mainly for rudder info.
6	The Imperial Japanese Navy	A.J. Watts & B.G. Gordon	Doubleday & Co., 1971	Carriers, also rudders & shafts
7	Aircraft Carriers of the Royal and Commonwealth Navies	Commander David Hobbs, (MBE, RN)	Greenhill Books, 1996	Used for gaps in Brit CVEs
8	Aircraft Carriers of the World, 1914 to the Present	Roger Chesneau	Naval Institute Press, 1984	C, weak on refits and CVEs
9	British Carrier Aviation	Norman Friedman	Naval Institute Press, 1988	A, weak on CVEs
10	Battleships: United States Battleships 1935-1992	William Garzke and Robert Dulin	Naval Institute Press, 1995	A+
11	U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History	Norman Friedman	Naval Institute Press, 1982	A+
12	Battleships: Axis and Neutral Battleships of World War II	William Garzke and Robert Dulin	Naval Institute Press, 1985	A
13	British Battleships of WWII	Alan Raven and John Roberts	Naval Institute Press, 1976	A
14	Britsh Battleships of WWI	R.A. Burt	Naval Institute Press, 1986	A
15	Japanese Cruisers of the Pacific War	Lacroix and Wells	Naval Institute Press
16	Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy 1869-1945	Jentschura, Jung, and Mickel
17	Anatomy of the Ship: The Battlecruiser Hood	John Roberts	Naval Institute Press, 1982	A+
18	British Cruisers of WWII	Alan Raven and John Roberts	Naval Institute Press, 1980	A
19	Battleships: Allied Battleships of World War II	William Garzke and Robert Dulin	Naval Institute Press, 1980	A
20	Conway's All the Worlds Fighting Ships 1860-1905	Robert Gardiner, Editorial Director	Conway Maritime Press, 1979	C+, Best of the general sources
21	Conway's All the Worlds Fighting Ships 1906-1921	Robert Gardiner, Editorial Director	Conway Maritime Press, 1997	C+, Best of the general sources
22	Conway's All the Worlds Fighting Ships 1922-1946	Robert Gardiner, Editorial Director	Conway Maritime Press, 1980	C+, Best of the general sources
23	Submarines of World War Two	Erminio Bagnasco	Arms and Armour Press, 1977	Main source for WWII subs