Allied Coastal Forces of World War II: Volume II: Vosper MTBs and US Elcos

Product Description Allied Coastal Forces, now a recognized classic work first published in 1990, remains the only publication to deal comprehensively--in words, photographs, and drawings--with the technical detail of motor torpedo boats, PT boats, motor gunboats, launches, and submarine chasers. This second volume covers sixteen Vosper MTB designs and the US 70ft, 77ft and 80ft ELCO designs. Review "Great Powers, Grand Strategies, a book edited by the Naval Institute Press, deals with China's expansion and its interests in the South China Sea. It is quite current and addresses a theme that has been worrying the international community in recent years." --O Velho General"For modelers, boat construction historians and those who simply like big fast boats in action 'Allied Coastal Forces' Volume 2. is a must have book." --The Australian Naval Institute"This also is a must have book for anyone interested in coastal warfare and a great companion to Volume 1." --Thomo's Hole"This volume is the type of reference work that ship modellers and persons interested in the history of na-vies and small boat actions will likely want to own themselves, for ease of access and consultation. It is still among the best books on the Fairmile, a very useful and under-appreciated wartime coastal craft." --The Northern Mariner / Le marin du nord About the Author JOHN LAMBERT spent nine years in the Royal Navy where he acquired his detailed technical knowledge of warships. His subsequent research on small warships and naval weaponry, combined with his remarkable technical drawing skills, led to the creation of a body of work some of which is displayed in this volume. He died in 2015. AL ROSS is the author of several books on small warships and since the 1980s has been producing a series of plans for modelers of small combatants of World War II and Vietnam eras. He lives in Bangor, Maine.