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USS Massachusetts
 

USS Massachusetts: WWII Battleship Memorial
Technical Reference 2

Randall S. Shoker
Plans by Thomas Walkowiak
Drawings by John Dye, Chelsea Shoker and Randall Shoker

Oxford Museum Press

Reviewed by Bob Pearson

The USS Massachusetts entered service in May 1942 and took part on 8 November 1942 in the battle of Casablanca where she engaged the French battleship Jean Bart. She then went to the Pacific where she served for the rest of the war. This volume devotes six pages to Casablanca, with the rest of the book spent showing her various systems and weapons in both photos and drawings. Many of the onboard detail photos are shots of her as she appears today at Battleship Cove, Fall River, Massachusetts.

Besides the photos there are numerous drawings, line and cutaway, to show the various pieces of equipment. The rear cover has two colour profiles of her in Ms12 and Ms22 camouflage. The final touch are a set of 1/350 plans drawn by Tom Walkowiak of the Floating Drydock showing the external appearance as of 1945

Thanks to Squadron for the review copy