An edition of U.S. Aircraft Carriers
(1983)
U.S. Aircraft Carriers
An Illustrated Design History
by Norman Friedman
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U.S. aircraft carriers: an illustrated design history
1983, Arms and Armour
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U.S. Aircraft Carriers: An Illustrated Design History
April 1983, Naval Institute Press
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Book Details
Table of Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Key to Line Drawings
Introduction
1. The Role of the Carrier in the U.S. 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, 1934-39
6. The ORANGE War Mobilization Carriers
7. The Essex Class
8. Austere Carriers for Was 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
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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