What is little known is that a tacit naval arms race developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries between these two powers, due primarily to soured foreign relations caused by a rivalry over colonial territory in the Pacific and an economic rivalry in Latin America. American naval expansion paralleled that of another upstart naval power, Germany, whose navy also saw meteoric growth in this period. The US Navy was seen as an upstart by much of the international community, after it experienced a rapid increase in strength in the wake of the SpanishAmerican War. US NAVY DREADNOUGHTS 1914–45 INTRODUCTION The United States was the second of the great naval powers to embrace the concept of the all-big-gun dreadnought battleship in the early 20th century.US DREADNOUGHT BATTLESHIP OPERATIONS 1939–45 35 t Neutrality Patrols t Actions in the European Theater t Actions in the Pacific Theater
INTERWAR SCRAPPING, DISARMAMENT AND MODERNIZATION US DREADNOUGHT BATTLESHIP OPERATIONS 1914–18 20 t The Veracruz Occupation t World War I T Delaware Class Specifications t Florida Class Specifications ILLUSTRATED BY PAUL WRIGHT © Osprey Publishing
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