Product DescriptionThis classic themes study the development of modern U.S. Navy its first steel vessels in its emergence as a mature power struggle known as the Great White Fleet. First published in 1972, the book remains in demand due to its outstanding coverage photograph of ships and men of the early modern Navy and the author s full coverage of the transition s wood and steel Marine and sail to steam. The appendices include general plans for the larger vessels and biographical sketches of important people involved. Anyone with an interest in the U.S. Navy development s between 1883 and 1907 and the cruise of the Great White fleet will enjoy this fine book. . . . More>>