"Joining the War at Sea 1939-1945"
The Second Edition of Joining the War at Sea 1939-1945 is pictured above. There are just four copies remaining. The new Third Edition of "Joining the War at Sea 1939-1945" is now available. Use the link above the picture for information on pricing.
"The Triumph of Instrument Flight: A Retrospective in the Century of U.S. Aviation"
In series, top to bottom, the Mediterranean regained in WW II. The first link is the index page for this series:
Aircraft of World War II-"friendlies"
Ships and Aircraft of World War II
Battleship Duel between USS Massachusetts and Jean Bart
Copyright 2007
USS Massachusetts BB-59, as Fall River, Massachusetts' visitors saw her on boarding her stern in 2003
The USS Texas, BB-35, and USS New York, BB-34, were the other two battleships that participated as part of the Western Naval Task Force in the three pronged landing effort made by Task Force 34 on Morocco's Atlantic Coast on November 8, 1942. Texas is now a museum ship. New York was lost in Pacific A-bomb tests after WW II.
Massachusetts led the Covering Group for the entire Western Naval Task Force operation and spent most of that period countering the heavy guns of the French Battleship, Jean Bart. The latter could not get underway, but was alongside a dock in Casablanca so that she was facing the sea, with her forward turrets and fire control system operable. This author was aboard the destroyer, USS Edison DD-439, screening for Augusta on one foray on November 9, 1942, when two giant shell splashes bracketed Augusta's stern. An acknowledged French Navy capability was excellent fire control
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From the U.S. Navy's recognition slide set in WW II, this is the French battleship Richelieu, sister ship of the Jean Bart. This provides an idea of what Jean Bart would look like had she had her propulsion installed and been able to steam at sea.