Centre for Maritime Historical Studies
Derek Law Bibliography
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BUXTON, Ian & JOHNSTON, Ian. Battleship Duke of York: An Anatomy from Building to Breaking. 256p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Seaforth 2021. ISBN: 9781526777294.
The core of the book is a complete set of as-fitted plans of the ship, including many details and close-ups. There is also a set of plans of the major refit in March 1945, showing all the modifications undertaken to prepare the ship for service alongside the US Navy in the Pacific. There are many photographs of her during building. The book concludes with an illustrated chronology of the breaking up.
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