The background image is a U.S. Navy photograph of the U.S.S. South Dakota (BB-57).

The four logo images at the corners of each page are based on a drawing of the U.S.S. South Carolina (BB-26) found in Friedman, page 56.

All ship specifications are from Conway.

Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905. London: Conway Maritime Press, 1979.

Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906-1921. London: Conway Maritime Press, 1985.

Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946. London: Conway Maritime Press, 1980.

Friedman, Norman; U.S. Battleships. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1985.

Massie, Robert K; Dreadnought: Britain, Germany, and the Coming of the Great War. New York: Ballantine Books, 1991.

Yoshimura, Akira; Battleship Musashi: The Making and Sinking of the World's Biggets Battleship. Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1991.