Originally developed during WWI to fulfill scouting duties for battle fleets, the aircraft carrier became the decisive naval arm in WWII and forever transformed naval warfare. This book is a highly illustrated record of the development of the aircraft carrier from the first successful flight from a deck in 1911 to the nuclear-powered behemoths of the present. The World's Great Aircraft Carriers also explains the technology and tactics of carrier warfare. All the famous ships of WWII and their actions are documented. The most modern carriers, such as those of the powerful Nimitz class, are described. Fully-illustrated with 40 color renderings and cut-aways and 80 color and b/w photos, the book also provides full specifications, including displacement, dimensions, speed, aircraft complement, armament, and electronics.
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In the nineteenth century all the world's imperial navies realised the potential of having airborne lookouts to provide long-range reconnaissance for their fleets. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
screw turbines, carrier tactics, arrester wires, island superstructure, closed hangar, seaplane carrier, geared turbines, carrier design, helicopter carrier, kite balloon, carrier aircraft, air group, fleet carriers, flying operations, flight deck, second carrier, air arm, carrier force Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Royal Navy, Ark Royal, United States, Fleet Air Arm, World War, Pearl Harbor, General Board, Grand Fleet, French Navy, Combined Fleet, Imperial Japanese Navy, Pacific Fleet, Home Fleet, Sea Harrier, Washington Treaty, Gulf War, Italian Fleet, Scapa Flow, Soviet Navy, Suez Canal, Admiral Nimitz, German Navy, Indian Navy, Iwo Jima, Kitty Hawk New!
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In the nineteenth century all the world's imperial navies realised the potential of having airborne lookouts to provide long-range reconnaissance for their fleets. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
screw turbines, carrier tactics, arrester wires, island superstructure, closed hangar, seaplane carrier, geared turbines, carrier design, helicopter carrier, kite balloon, carrier aircraft, air group, fleet carriers, flying operations, flight deck, second carrier, air arm, carrier force Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Royal Navy, Ark Royal, United States, Fleet Air Arm, World War, Pearl Harbor, General Board, Grand Fleet, French Navy, Combined Fleet, Imperial Japanese Navy, Pacific Fleet, Home Fleet, Sea Harrier, Washington Treaty, Gulf War, Italian Fleet, Scapa Flow, Soviet Navy, Suez Canal, Admiral Nimitz, German Navy, Indian Navy, Iwo Jima, Kitty Hawk New!
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- The Royal Navy (The Armed Forces) by Andrew Langley on page 29, and page 78
- Seven Days in June: A Novel of the American Revolution by Howard Fast on page 95
- Theodore Roosevelt (First Books Series) by Eden Force on page 130
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