Brad Elward

US Cold War Aircraft Carriers

Forrestal, Kitty Hawk and Enterprise Classes
Illustrator: Wright, Paul

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Forrestal class (Forrestal, Saratoga, Ranger, and Independence) was the first completed class of US Navy supercarriers, so-named for their 25 percent size increase over the World War II-era carriers such as the Midway class, and the strength of their air wings. This title deals with this topic.

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Produktdetails

• New Vanguard
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 48
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. März 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 182mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 180g
• ISBN-13: 9781782003809
• ISBN-10: 1782003800
• Artikelnr.: 39241514

Autorenporträt

Brad Elward is an attorney-at-law based in Peoria, Illinois. He has broken into aviation journalism in the past years, having written several volumes on post-war naval aviation and having work published in such erstwhile periodicals as World Air Power Journal.

Inhaltsangabe

Origins of the Super Carrier (World War II Carriers
The Midway Class Battle Carrier
The USS United States)/ The Forrestal Class (Carrier Structures
The Flight Deck and Hangar Bay
Launch and Recovery Operations
Significant Structures
Defensive Systems
Electronic Systems and Radar
USS Forrestal
USS Saratoga
USS Ranger
USS Independence)/ The Kitty Hawk Class (Major Differences from Forrestal Class
USS Kitty Hawk
USS Constellation
USS America
USS John F. Kennedy)/ Enterprise - A Class of Its Own (Design and Development
Electronic Systems and Radar
Propulsion)/ Operational History (The Forrestal and Enterprise Fires
Carrier Air Wing Evolution)