[PDF] Navy Aircraft Carriers eBook

Author : Norman Friedman
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 19,40 MB
Release : 2022
Category : History
ISBN : 9781682477625

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"U.S. Aircraft Carriers Revised Edition is one of the most comprehensive references available on the entire development of U.S. Aircraft Carriers, starting in 1920, with USS Langley CV-1, continuing to Enterprise, the mass-produced Essex-class, and the large Midway-class of post-World War II. Friedman authoritatively analyzes the design and performance histories of this popular type. The long careers of the Nimitz-class and the new Ford-class are also included. Like Friedman's other design history books, U.S. Aircraft Carriers is based largely on formerly classified internal U.S. Navy records"--

Author : Mark Stille
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 17,13 MB
Release : 2012-05-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1780967772

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The Imperial Japanese Navy was a pioneer in naval aviation, having commissioned the world's first built-from-the-keel-up carrier, the Hosho. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, it experimented with its carriers, perfecting their design and construction. As a result, by the time Japan entered World War II and attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor in 1941, it possessed a fantastically effective naval aviation force. This book covers the design, development and operation of IJN aircraft carriers built prior to and during World War II. Pearl Harbor, Midway and the first carrier vs carrier battle, the battle of the Coral Sea, are all discussed.

Author : Mark Stille
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 31,44 MB
Release : 2012-05-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1780967500

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The USS Langley, the first American aircraft carrier, entered service in 1922. Despite being converted into an aircraft tender, it was the first step in a new direction for the US Navy and naval warfare. This book covers the design, development and operation of USN aircraft carriers built prior to World War II, including their aircraft and weaponry. It also explains their various successes and losses such as the first carrier vs carrier battle at Midway; the battle of the Coral Sea; the battle of the Philippine Sea; and the Operation Torch landings.

Author : Mark Stille
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 13,32 MB
Release : 2012-05-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1780968094

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The USS Langley, the first American aircraft carrier, entered service in 1922. Despite being converted into an aircraft tender, it was the first step in a new direction for the US Navy and naval warfare. This book covers the design, development and operation of USN aircraft carriers built prior to World War II, including their aircraft and weaponry. It also explains their various successes and losses such as the first carrier vs carrier battle at Midway; the battle of the Coral Sea; the battle of the Philippine Sea; and the Operation Torch landings.

Author : Michael Green
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 41,47 MB
Release : 2015-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 147385444X

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This pictorial history of US aircraft carriers illustrates the many classes and types of carriers used by the navy from before WWII to the present day. In 1922 the US Navy commissioned its first small experimental aircraft carrier. This was followed into service by two much larger carriers in 1927 with five more being built— including three large Yorktown class—prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Then, to take the offensive against the Japanese Navy, the American Congress funded by far the largest carrier-building program in history. Since 1975, when the first of a fleet of ten nuclear-powered Nimitz class carriers was commissioned, The United States Navy’s fleet of carriers has optimized its superpower status and worldwide power projection. Yet these are due to be replaced in the decades to come with the even more sophisticated nuclear-powered Gerald R. Ford class. Compiled and written by Michael Green, Aircraft Carriers of the United States Navy contains superb images of all the different types of classes of carriers employed by the US Navy since 1922. These and its highly informative text and captions give the reader a broad overview of this fascinating subject.

Author : Mark Stille
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 19,86 MB
Release : 2012-05-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1780967519

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Aircraft carriers were the US Navy's principal weapon against Japan during the Pacific War. Development of the Essex class began in 1939, becoming the largest class of carrier ever to be built. Early in the Pacific War it became renowned for its 'Sunday Punch' of 36 fighter planes, 36 dive bombers, and 18 torpedo planes. Alongside the lighter Independence class, these carriers formed the formidable Fast Carrier Force in the Pacific. Featuring artwork detailing the interior and exterior features of the ships, this book explores their design, development, and the action they saw in the Pacific, including the climactic battles of Philippine Sea, Leyte Gulf, and Okinawa.

Author : Norman Friedman
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 24,95 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Cold War
ISBN : 9781591142874

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This text is a radically original history of the entire Cold War, making sense of one of the most complex and fascinating epochs of world history.

Author : Mark Stille
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 17,53 MB
Release : 2012-05-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1780968108

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Aircraft carriers were the US Navy's principal weapon against Japan during the Pacific War. Development of the Essex class began in 1939, becoming the largest class of carrier ever to be built. Early in the Pacific War it became renowned for its 'Sunday Punch' of 36 fighter planes, 36 dive bombers, and 18 torpedo planes. Alongside the lighter Independence class, these carriers formed the formidable Fast Carrier Force in the Pacific. Featuring artwork detailing the interior and exterior features of the ships, this book explores their design, development, and the action they saw in the Pacific, including the climactic battles of Philippine Sea, Leyte Gulf, and Okinawa.

Author : Michael E. Haskew
Publisher : Zenith Press
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 17,63 MB
Release : 2016-02-15
Category : History
ISBN : 0760348146

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"An illustrated history of the aircraft carrier, from World War I through World War II, the Cold War, and today"--

Author : Norman Friedman
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 31,98 MB
Release : 1983
Category : History
ISBN :

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This 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.