U.S. Aircraft Carriers: An Illustrated Design HistoryThis companion volume to Friedman's U.S. Destroyers assembles material on the history of the American aircraft carrier from the Langley of 1922 to the controversial nuclear-powered giants. Includes numerous black-and-white photographs and excellent ship plans. ISBN 0-87021-739-9 : $44.95. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Role of the Carrier in the U S Navy | 7 |
Nuclear Carriers | 14 |
Copyright | |
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5-in guns abaft air group aircraft carrier airplane armor arresting gear ASW carriers attack carrier avgas Aviation Ordnance battery Beam Board boilers bomb bombers BuAer bulkheads BuShips capacity carrier design catapult conversion cost cruisers CVNX deck-edge elevator defense displacement escort carriers Essex Essex-class feet fighters fleet carriers flight deck flush-deck force Forrestal forward four fuel gasoline hangar deck heavy helicopter hull included increase installed island structure knots landing later launch Lexington limited machinery Midway missile mounts nautical miles naval nuclear operations planes port pounds Preliminary Design proposed protection radar Ranger reduced refit replaced rier Saratoga scheme scout Sea Sparrow ship speed sponson starboard steam stowage submarine tactical tion tons torpedo torpedo bombers twin U.S. carrier U.S. Navy VSTOL wartime Wasp weapons weight World War II Yorktown
References to this book
The U.S. Aircraft Carrier Industrial Base: Force Structure, Cost, Schedule ... J. L. Birkler No preview available - 1998 |
The American Culture of War: A History of US Military Force from World War ... Adrian R. Lewis No preview available - 2006 |