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U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIERS: AN ILLUSTRATED DESIGN HISTORY

by Norman Friedman

Published by Arms & Armour Press.

Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper. Large format. Blue cloth, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 427 pages.

Undated 9th printing. Minimal rubbing to wrapper edges. A super copy.

ISBN: 0853685762
Stock no. 1329380

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Contents

  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • Key to Line Drawings
  • Introduction
  • 1 The Role of the Carrier in the US Navy
  • 2 Beginnings: The Langley, Lexington and Saratoga
  • 3 Carrier Spectrum Studies and the USS Ranger, 1922-29
  • 4 The Yorktown Class
  • 5 The Return to Smaller Dimensions, 1934-1939
  • 6 The Orange War Mobilization Carriers
  • 7 The Essex Class
  • 8 Austere Carriers for War Production
  • 9 The Midway Class
  • 10 The New Fleet Carrier of 1945
  • 11 The Super-Carrier United States
  • 12 The Forrestal Class and Its Successors
  • 13 Carrier Modernization
  • 14 Nuclear Carriers
  • 15 Return to the Small Carrier: CVV, 1972-78
  • 16 Postwar ASW Carriers
  • 17 The Amphibious-Assault Carriers
  • Appendices
  • A Out of the Mainstream
  • B Catapults
  • C Arresting Gear
  • D Magazine Loads
  • E Carrier Characteristics
  • F Vital Statistics of Carrier Types
  • Notes on Sources
  • Index

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