This "photo album" is full of detailed photographs that trace the lives of the two ships through their prewar years to their demise. The photographs are high quality and arranged from the earliest images to the last.There is a short history of each ship and the photo's are well captioned. Steve points out the important things in each photo and provides a little background information that adds to what the image presents. This book is geared towards the modeler, not only pointing out the details but explaining what they are and when they were added or removed. Camouflage measures are noted and pointed out as well.