Contents

                                 List of Illustrations

                                 Acknowledgments

                                 Introduction

chapter one               France: The Marine Nationale

                                    John Jordan

chapter two              Germany: The Kriegsmarine

                                    Peter Schenk with Karsten Klein, Axel Niestlé, Dieter Thomaier, and Berndt R. Wenzel

chapter three            Great Britain: The Royal Navy

                                    David Wragg

chapter four              Italy: The Regia Marina

                                    Enrico Cernuschi and Vincent P. O’Hara

chapter five               Japan: The Teikoku Kaigun

                                    Mark Peattie

chapter six                USA: The United States Navy

                                    Trent Hone

chapter seven            USSR: The Voenno-morskoi Flot SSSR

                                    Stephen McLaughlin

appendix one             Guns and Torpedoes

appendix two             Comparative Ranks

appendix three           Conversions and Abbreviations

                                  Notes

                                  Bibliography

                                  Index