The Great Pacific War by Hector Bywater

[Desertmole]

Bywater was pretty prolific and you can find articles by him in a number of magazines throughout the '20s and '30s. These include, but are not limited to, Scientific American, USNI Proceedings, Atlantic Monthly and, I believe, National Geographic. He also wrote a number of books both about warships and spying (he worked for the SIS prior to and possibly during WWI).

In addition to Seapower in the Pacific (1921) and Great Pacific War (1925), he wrote Their Secret Purposes, Dramas and Mysteries of the Naval War (1932), Navies and Nations (1927), A Searchlight on the Navy (1935) and Cruisers in Battle, 1914 - 1918 (1939). These are the naval books. He also has at least two books on spys and spying before and during WWI. ABE Books carries many of these, and a number also seem to have been translated into Italian.

I have Navies and Nations, and it covers a fair amount about the Never-weres and the building plans. An interesting read.

[Mike Carroll]

Thanks for the info. I am going to see if I can find some of those.