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Hello All: Art by Wayne is pleased to announce, the release our newest book "Soviet Battleships 1933-1957 an Illustrated Technical Reference" available now at Amazon at Amazon Soviet Battleships listing page. This volume is the fourth in my series of books on all battleships of the WWII/ C...

Hello All: Art by Wayne is pleased to announce, in conjunction with US Military Art.Com , that Collector Quality Giclee prints of all of Wayne Scarpaci's Naval art are now available….Please visit my website at http://www.artbywayne.com for full details…Thank you Wayne

Hello: Art by Wayne is pleased to announce that their website has just been updated with over 50 new pieces of art. You are invited to review them at www.artbywayne.com They are located in the 'New Art' section and in the newly added 11 page "International Battleships" section and the newl...

Does anyone have infromation and/or photos of the target ship hessen captured by soviet forces in 1945? And data as to the ship's soviet career as Tsel? And the same data for the Lutzow?

Hello:

I thought the readership might be interested in the following announcement:

Art by Wayne is pleased to announce a new series of full color books on battleships.
http://www.artbywayne.com to review sample pages. Thx

My new French BB book has a painting of the Richelieu moored at Port Said Egypt in Oct 1946 wearing an admrialty scheme A on page 65...Holiday wishes to all....Wayne

My new French BB book is available at http://www.artbywayne.com/art_by_wayne_fr_049.htm

Hello All:

I am pleased to announce my new book on Italian Battleships is now available via my website at

http://www.artbywayne.com/art_by_wayne_045.htm

The webpage also includes a new 'check inside' the bookfeature

Thank you

wayne scarpaci

Italian Battleship Caracciolo Hello All Does anyone have or have ever seen a model, drawing, or sketch of the proposed conversion of the unfinished Italian Battleship Caracciolo of 1920 to 1: an Aircraft Carrier 2: a Passenger Liner and/or Freighter for Navigazione Generale Italiana Line which bough...

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For and independent, professional in depth review of my new book US Battleships 1941-1963by Naval Historian Steve Backer is available now for your viewing on Steel Navy's website at http://www.steelnavy.com/USBattleshipsWS.htm. Thank you all. Best Regards and Happy Holidays. Wayne

Antonio: I am also seeking confirmation of the Search Radars mounted on Duilio and Doria postwar the one atop the foremast is I believe a USN SG4 set, and the air search dipole antennas mounted lower on the foremast and on the aft tower....I believe they are UK type 281B's, but 1951-52 Jane's states...

Antonio

Thank you for your detailed post...It is much appreciated and if you are unable to post the photos to the forum please email them to me at sda103@yahoo.com.....and please include your last name for credit listing in my upcoming book on Italian BB's......Thx again wayne

NATO Battleships Hello all this post is a series of questions concerning the deployment and operations of the 'NATO Battleships" defined as: USN's Iowa New Jersey Missouri Wisconsin France's Richelieu Jean Bart Italy's Ciao Duilio Andrea Doria UK's Vanguard Does anyone have knowledge of these s...

Italian Battleship AA fire control questions Hello all: I am seeking information on the control of Italian heavy (130mm) medium (100mm) AA gun control on the Duilio and Littorio class ships. Question 1: Was there a separate (from main/secondary armament control) a centralized AA plot/control facilit...

Hello again all: Now to answer the questions about the US BB's book.........All individual battleship sections include a side view of each of the ship's major configurations with detail drawings........some ship have as many a 3 line drawing (BB43 AG128)....and for the 1st time include drawing of AG...