Aircraft Carriers

The World’s Greatest Carriers of the last 100 Years

David Ross (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

224 Seiten

2022
Amber Books (Verlag)
978-1-83886-158-2 (ISBN)

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Aircraft Carriers features 52 of the most significant flat tops and amphibious assault ships built since the 1920s until the present day. Each entry includes a brief description of the ship’s development and history, a colour profile view or cutaway, key features and specifications.

On 9 May 1912 the first airplane take-off from a ship was made from the deck of the HMS Hibernia. In July 1918, seven Sopwith Camels launched from the converted battlecruiser HMS Furious damaged the German airbase at Tønder and destroyed two zeppelins. The age of the carrier was born. In the interwar years the Lexington, Akagi and Courageous – class carriers were developed, but it was only during World War II that the aircraft carrier finally came into its own. Fleet carriers carrying 30–40 aircraft allowed the Japanese and US navies to project air power across the vast Pacific Ocean, with the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor presaging a new kind of warfare. With the sinking of hundreds of ships during World War II, including the German battleship Bismarck in 1941, by the end of the war carriers ruled the waves and the era of the battleship had passed. Aircraft Carriers features 52 of the most significant flat tops and amphibious assault ships built since the 1920s until the present day, from the USS Yorktown, which survived direct hits during the battle of Midway (1942), through the Falklands War veteran HMS Invincible, to the mighty Nimitz class, the core of the US Navy’s carrier battle groups today. Also included are significant amphibious assault ships, such as the USS Tarawa and French Mistral. Each entry includes a brief description of the ship’s development and history, a colour profile view or cutaway, key features and specifications. Packed with more than 200 artworks and photographs, Aircraft Carriers is a colourful guide for the naval warfare enthusiast.

David Ross specialises in maritime, engineering and railway history and he has written and contributed to numerous books on these subjects. His most recent books are Abandoned Industrial Places, Rail Journeys, Bridges, Coast, Lighthouses, Ships Visual Encyclopedia, The Essential Naval Identification Guide: Submarines 1914–Present, Great Warships and The World’s Greatest Battleships.

Introduction

CARRIERS OF THE WORLD WARS
HMS Furious (1917)
HMS Argus (1918)
HMS Eagle (1924)
Akagi (1927)
USS Lexington (1927)
Kaga (1928)
HMS Glorious (1930)
Hiryu (1937)
USS Yorktown (1937)
USS Enterprise (1938)
HMS Ark Royal (1938)
USS Wasp (1940)
CAM and MAC Ships (1941)
HMS Audacity (1941)
Shokaku (1941)
HMS Indomitable (1941)
USS Sangamon (1942)
Jun’yo (1942)
USS Independence (1943)
USS Princeton (1943)
USS Lexington (1943)
USS Intrepid (1943)
USS Wasp (1943)
Taiho (1944)
Shinano (1944)
USS Midway (1945)

CARRIERS SINCE 1945
HMS Eagle (1951)
USS Forrestal (1955)
HMS Hermes/INS Viraat (1959)
Clemenceau (1960)
USS Enterprise (1961)
HMS Fearless (1965)
Veinticinco de Mayo (1969)
USS Nimitz (1975)
Kiev (1975)
USS Tarawa (1976)
Ivan Rogov (1978)
HMS Invincible (1980)
USS Carl Vinson (1982)
Giuseppi Garibaldi (1985)
Principe de Asturias (1988)
Admiral Kuznetsov (1995)
HMS Ocean (1998)
Charles de Gaulle (2001)
USS Ronald R. Reagan (2003)
Mistral (2006)
Liaoning (2012)
HMAS Canberra (2014)
Izumo (2015)
HMS Queen Elizabeth (2017)
USS Gerald R. Ford (2017)
INS Vikrant (2018)

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Erscheinungsdatum	09.06.2022
Reihe/Serie	World's Greatest
Zusatzinfo	Index; Halftones, color; Halftones, black and white; Illustrations, color
Sprache	englisch
Maße	210 x 274 mm
Gewicht	1050 g
Themenwelt	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Militärfahrzeuge / -flugzeuge / -schiffe
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau
ISBN-10	1-83886-158-0 / 1838861580
ISBN-13	978-1-83886-158-2 / 9781838861582
Zustand	Neuware