Book Type: S,O,
In-depth look at the Tone, the lead ship in the last class of Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruisers - her genesis, construction, technical characteristics, modernizations, armor, propulsion, armament, aircraft facilities and operational history. An excellent visual guide to the ship from all aspects - overall and in detail - appearance, weapons systems, boats, cranes, catapults even seaplanes. Features 140 excellent color computer generated graphic images revealing the ship from stem to stern and bilge keels to mast tops. Also includes bonus pull-out 1/350 scale plans (bow, stern, port and starboard profile and overhead plan) plus oblique superstructure detail views. English text;  84 pages.