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Nimitz Class Aircraft Carriers - On Deck No. 6

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The ten ships that make up the Nimitz class of aircraft carriers are the largest and deadliest warships on the globe. Topping out at 103,000 tons, Nimitz and her sister ships like George H. W. Bush, Theodore Roosevelt, John Stennis, Abraham Lincoln and Carl Vinson have protected American interests since the lead ship was commissioned in May 1975. Jim Goodall surveys these naval behemoths in NIMITZ CLASS AIRCRAFT CARRIERS ON DECK, a 2009 Squadron/Signal release.

Goodall offers up 80 pages of full-color photographs of the various Nimitz carriers, their crews and aircraft. Many of the pix were taken by official Navy or Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding photographers so the images are uniformly well-done. The 250-odd photographs range from majestic shots of the carriers plowing through seas to close-up views of sailors at their station.

I had expected a bow-to-stern approach but Goodall's book isn't quite that straightforward. After three pages of 'under-construction' pix, the book presents five pages of various CVNs under way followed by eight pages of flight deck scenes, six pages of 'carrier birds,' nine pages of superstructure close-ups, two pages of bow/stern in drydock photos, 18 pages of crewmen doing their thing, etc. It seems a bit of a mish-mash but maybe that's just me.

In any case, NIMITZ CLASS AIRCRAFT CARRIERS ON DECK is a visual delight, featuring hundreds of first-rate and often striking images. It should prove to be catnip for carrier enthusiasts. Recommended.