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Aircraft Carriers

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This book has a lot of great pictures, but there is no excuse for sloppy errors like this one:

On p22, it states the USS Lexington (CV2) underwent an extensive upgrade in 1943-1944. On p23, it correctly states that CV2 went down in the Battle of the Coral Sea in 1942. They later correctly state that the Essex class carrier scheduled to be named Cabot was renamed Lexington (CV16), commissioned in 1943. The writer must have seen a picture of CV16 from 1944, seen that it looked different than CV2 and written that it was upgraded.

Bad job. Go ahead and get the book if you want the pictures, but find another title as a companion to get accurate history.

If anyone who loves aircrafts carriers gets the chance to buy this book, go for it! It's worth every penny. Great photos and text make this book a treasure to any naval enthusiasts library.

This book will satisfy most carrier aviation buffs if only for the picutres that fill its pages. Overall, it doesn't go into great detail or too much about the belowdecks supporting uints that allow flight operations to exist. What it does offer is a retrospective of carrier operations from before World War II, a decent amount on World War II operations, and then the Cold War carriers that continue serving on until today. There is some information on the British and French carriers, but it is very limited.

Overall, this book is introductory, and best serves as illustrating a challenging world in a coffee-table book format.

Nineteen photographs included in the 48 pages are clear & interesting. Large type and presentation aimed at 4th to 7th grade level readers. Not of general appeal as information about each class of carrier too limited & generalized. ERROR. Page 32 it states that Kitty Hawk class removed from service in 1996, however, #35 million just spent on rennovating the USS Kitty Hawk & it is definitely in service, stationed in Japan & last week depoyed to Baltic area.