U.S. aircraft carriers : an illustrated design history / Norman Friedman ; ship plans by A. D. Baker III.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Friedman, Norman, 1946- author.

Contributor:

Baker, A. D., III, 1941- illustrator.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aircraft carriers--United States.

Aircraft carriers.

United States.

Physical Description:

viii, 498 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Edition:

Revised edition.

Place of Publication:

Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2022]

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The Role of the Carrier in the U.S. Navy

Beginnings: The Langley, Lexington, and Saratoga

Carrier Spectrum Studies and the USS Ranger, 1922-29

The Yorktown Class

The Return to Smaller Dimensions, 1934-39

The ORANGE War Mobilization Carriers

The Essex Class

Austere Carriers for War Production

The Midway Class

The New Fleet Carrier of 1945

The Super-Carrier United States

The Forrestal Class and Its Successors

Carrier Modernization

Nuclear Carriers

Return to the Small Carrier: CVV, 1972-78

Carrier Renaissance

After the Cold War

Postwar ASW Carriers

The Amphibious-Assault Carriers.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9781682477625

1682477622

OCLC:

1319245962