Related Books

US Navy Aircraft Carriers 1922–45
Language: en
Pages: 50
Authors: Mark Stille
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-05-20 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The USS Langley, the first American aircraft carrier, entered service in 1922. Despite being converted into an aircraft tender, it was the first step in a new d
US Navy Aircraft Carriers 1922–45
Language: en
Pages: 92
Authors: Mark Stille
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-05-20 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The USS Langley, the first American aircraft carrier, entered service in 1922. Despite being converted into an aircraft tender, it was the first step in a new d
US Navy Aircraft Carriers 1942–45
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Mark Stille
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-02-27 - Publisher: Osprey Publishing

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Dominating the seas during World War II, the US aircraft carrier played a crucial role in every major naval combat of the war. Development of the Essex class be
Imperial Japanese Navy Aircraft Carriers 1921–45
Language: en
Pages: 50
Authors: Mark Stille
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-05-20 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The Imperial Japanese Navy was a pioneer in naval aviation, having commissioned the world's first built-from-the-keel-up carrier, the Hosho. Throughout the 1920
British Aircraft Carriers 1939–45
Language: en
Pages: 78
Authors: Angus Konstam
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-12-20 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

With war against Germany looming, Britain pushed forward its carrier program in the late 1930s. In 1938, the Royal Navy launched the HMS Ark Royal, its first-ev