US Navy Frigates of the Cold War (New Vanguard): 297

Como de costumbre con Mark Stille, un buen título y perfectamente resumido. Le he dado cuatro estrellas en vez de cinco porque encuentro que su visión de la última serie de fragatas, las O.H. Perry (Santa María en España), es muy pobre para la información disponible, si bien, sé que resumir 44 años en 48 páginas es difícil. En todo caso, merece muy mucho la pena a los lectores españoles porque les informa acerca de nuestras últimas dos generaciones de fragatas antisubmarinas, las Baleares y las Santa María. Aunque no las mencione específicamente, da una visión general de su diseño. Bravo.

At the end of the Second World War, the German U-Boat threat was replaced by increasingly sophisticated Soviet submarines. The destroyer escorts of WWII were quickly inadequate. The U.S. Navy would spend decades experimenting with ship sizes and configurations to deal with an evolving worldwide threat environment. Experienced author Mark Stille here provides a quick history of the U.S. Navy's Cold War frigates.The author puts a discussion of weapons systems and a concise but fascinating operational history up-front, before examining the successive classes of frigates. The text includes ship listings by class along with lots of period photographs and illustrative ship diagrams. His concluding analysis is brief but very much to the point. Well recommended as a concise read on the topic.

I found this book very informative about the design history of these classes. It shows how each successive design grew from the one before, even when the end product looked different. I served on a Knox class and a Perry class, and this book fills in the gaps of my memories.

This is typical with the other books in the series from the publisher, in terms of content, format, and presentation. The only complaint is that the fonts for photos are a bit too small.

thank you