Aircraft Carriers At War

Author : James L. Holloway
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015069301862

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Aircraft Carriers at War by James L. Holloway Pdf

The Cold War : a campaigner's perspective -- Korea : the forgotten war -- Korea : naval operations -- Korea : air combat tactics -- Korea : grande finale -- Tactical nukes -- The Pentagon, a seaplane tender, and typhoons -- Nuclear propulsion : Vice Admiral Hyman G. Rickover -- The Enterprise : full speed ahead -- The Enterprise : Vietnam -- The Enterprise : fast turnaround -- The Enterprise : Vietnam redux -- The Pentagon : aircraft carrier program manager -- The Syrian invasion of Jordan -- Vietnam : commander, Seventh Fleet -- Vietnam : Battle of Haiphong Harbor -- Vietnam : the cease-fire and Paris Accords -- Chief of Naval Operations -- Chief of Naval Operations : aviation programs -- The Joint Chiefs of Staff -- Elder statesman -- The future : past is prologue -- Envoi : keel-laying ceremony for the George H.W. Bush.

Author : Adrian Stewart
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783469321

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Carriers at War, 1939–1945 by Adrian Stewart Pdf

The author begins this fascinating book by tracing aircraft carrier development between the Wars. Eschewed by the Germans and Italians and with Britain squandering her early lead, the Americans and Japanese became front-runners.The Royal Navy learnt the hard way in the early stages of WW2 with the loss of HMS Courageous and Glorious but, following successes at Taranto and Matapan, the value of carriers was no longer in doubt. The sinking of Bismarck and the cataclysmic Pearl Harbor attack signaled the end of the Battleship era. Stung by such spectacular losses the US Navy threw its weight behind the carrier concept and the naval war in the Pacific (Guadalcanal, East Solomon Islands, Santa Cruz, Midmay and Leyte Gulf) revolved round carrier-borne aircraft.Meanwhile the carrier became pivotal in protecting vital convoys in the Atlantic, Arctic and Mediterranean. The author backs his arguments with copious examples of naval and air action.

Author : Brad Elward
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472807786

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US Cold War Aircraft Carriers by Brad Elward Pdf

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 (80–100 aircraft, compared to 65–75 for the Midway, and fewer than 50 for the Essex class). Design-wise, the Forrestals were a huge improvement over their predecessors, being more stable and comfortable, while maintaining advancements such as the armored flight decks that had been introduced with the Midway. The Kitty Hawk class was an improvement on the Forrestal-class designs, and four were built in the 1960s – Kitty Hawk, Constellation, America and John F. Kennedy. These were even longer than the Forrestals, and fitted with advanced defensive weapons systems and an improved elevator layout. All nine of the carriers covered by this volume are icons, and hold a much-respected place in US naval history. They are also some of the more well-known vessels outside of the military, for their long service histories, as well as for some of the more unfortunate events that seem to follow them.

Author : David W. Wragg
Publisher : Alan Sutton Publishing
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015047095982

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Carrier Combat by David W. Wragg Pdf

An account of the role of the aircraft carrier in war which is illustrated by first hand accounts of action during the Second World War and the Gulf Conflict.

Author : Michael Green
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473854444

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Aircraft Carriers of the United States Navy by Michael Green Pdf

This pictorial history of US aircraft carriers illustrates the many classes and types of carriers used by the navy from before WWII to the present day. In 1922 the US Navy commissioned its first small experimental aircraft carrier. This was followed into service by two much larger carriers in 1927 with five more being built— including three large Yorktown class—prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Then, to take the offensive against the Japanese Navy, the American Congress funded by far the largest carrier-building program in history. Since 1975, when the first of a fleet of ten nuclear-powered Nimitz class carriers was commissioned, The United States Navy’s fleet of carriers has optimized its superpower status and worldwide power projection. Yet these are due to be replaced in the decades to come with the even more sophisticated nuclear-powered Gerald R. Ford class. Compiled and written by Michael Green, Aircraft Carriers of the United States Navy contains superb images of all the different types of classes of carriers employed by the US Navy since 1922. These and its highly informative text and captions give the reader a broad overview of this fascinating subject.

Author : Mark Lardas
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472813794

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World War I Seaplane and Aircraft Carriers by Mark Lardas Pdf

In 1910 the first aircraft was successfully launched from a small wooden platform on a stationary ship. Just four years later, seaplane-carrying warships were being used to launch the first naval air raids, and by 1918 the first aircraft carrier to feature a full-length flight deck was in service. High quality artwork and historical photographs help author Mark Lardas tell the fascinating story of the pioneering years of naval aviation, covering such historic clashes as the Japanese siege of Tsingtao, the British raid against German Zeppelin bases at Cuxhaven and the Battle of Jutland, which saw the first airplane take part in a naval battle. Through detailed analysis he explores their development from hastily adapted merchant ships to the launch of HMS Argus, the first aircraft carrier to have a full-length flight deck, and shows how they paved the way for the aircraft carriers of the future.

Author : Tom McGowen
Publisher : Lerner Publications
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0761318089

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Carrier War by Tom McGowen Pdf

Offers a history of aircraft carrier-based warfare, describing battles, planes, and weapons that helped the Allies win the war and practically rendered battleships obsolete.

Author : Chester G. Hearn
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2007-06-11
Category : History
ISBN : 081173398X

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Carriers in Combat by Chester G. Hearn Pdf

Engaging combat narratives from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Falklands War, Desert Storm, Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, and the current Iraq War Razor-sharp analysis of the roles of ships, aircraft, commanders, tactics, and strategy Aircraft carriers surged into prominence during World War II--mainly in the Pacific, where the U.S. and Japan fought history's greatest carrier battles, like the Coral Sea and Midway. Since then, although there have been no engagements between carrier groups, carriers have played an important role in world events, serving as distant launching pads for attacks on targets around the globe. From the first improvised wooden platforms to today's nuclear-powered supercarriers, Hearn explores how combat experiences have driven the development and use of carriers in the world's navies.

Author : Antony Preston
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Air warfare
ISBN : 086288778X

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The world's great aircraft carriers by Antony Preston Pdf

Author : Anthony Preston
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Air warfare
ISBN : 1897884583

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The World's Great Aircraft Carriers by Anthony Preston Pdf

Illustrated record of the development of the aircraft carrier from 1911 to present. Explains the technology and tactics of carrier warfare.

Author : James L. Holloway
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015069301862

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Aircraft Carriers at War by James L. Holloway Pdf

The Cold War : a campaigner's perspective -- Korea : the forgotten war -- Korea : naval operations -- Korea : air combat tactics -- Korea : grande finale -- Tactical nukes -- The Pentagon, a seaplane tender, and typhoons -- Nuclear propulsion : Vice Admiral Hyman G. Rickover -- The Enterprise : full speed ahead -- The Enterprise : Vietnam -- The Enterprise : fast turnaround -- The Enterprise : Vietnam redux -- The Pentagon : aircraft carrier program manager -- The Syrian invasion of Jordan -- Vietnam : commander, Seventh Fleet -- Vietnam : Battle of Haiphong Harbor -- Vietnam : the cease-fire and Paris Accords -- Chief of Naval Operations -- Chief of Naval Operations : aviation programs -- The Joint Chiefs of Staff -- Elder statesman -- The future : past is prologue -- Envoi : keel-laying ceremony for the George H.W. Bush.

Author : Norman Polmar
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
Page : 593 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2006-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781574886634

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Aircraft Carriers by Norman Polmar Pdf

Aircraft Carriers is the definitive history of world aircraft carrier development and operations. Norman Polmar’s revised and updated, two-volume classic describes the political and technological factors that influenced aircraft carrier design and construction, meticulously records their operations, and explains their impact on modern warfare. Volume I provides a comprehensive analysis of carrier developments and warfare in the first half of the twentieth century, and examines the advances that allowed the carrier to replace the battleship as the dominant naval weapons system. Polmar gives particular emphasis to carrier operations from World War I, through the Japanese strikes against China in the 1930s, to World War II in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, Arctic, and Pacific theaters. It begins with French inventor Clément Ader’s remarkably prescient 1909 description of an aircraft carrier. The book then explains how Britain led the world in the development of aircraft-carrying ships, soon to be followed by the United States and Japan. While ship-based aircraft operations in World War I had limited impact, they foreshadowed the aircraft carriers built in the 1920s and 1930s. The volume also describes the aircraft operating from those ships as well as the commanders who pioneered carrier aviation. Aircraft Carriers has benefited from the technical collaboration of senior carrier experts Captain Eric M. Brown and General Minoru Genda as well as noted historians Robert M. Langdon and Peter B. Mersky. Aircraft Carriers is heavily illustrated with more than 400 photographs—some never before published—and maps. Volume II, which is forthcoming from Potomac Books in the winter 2006-2007 (ISBN 978-1-57488-665-8), will cover the period 1946 to the present.

Author : J D Brown
Publisher : Seaforth Publishing
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2009-05-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781848320420

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Carrier Operations in World War II by J D Brown Pdf

Between 1939 and 1945 the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm grew from a small force into a powerful strategic weapon. British carrier-based aircraft fought throughout the world and David Brown here describes their activities in the Home, Mediterranean, Eastern and British Pacific Fleets, together with Forces created for specific operations, listing aircraft and units embarked during the various phases. He goes on to describe carrier operations in the Pacific between 1941 and 1945, the greatest maritime war in history. Both the United States and Imperial Japanese Navies watched the Royal Navy's early carrier operations in the European Theatre and benefited from the lessons. American aircrews and sailors learnt quickly in action until, by March 1945, the United States Fifth Fleet with its associated Marine Corps formations was probably the most efficient and effective instrument of war deployed in the pre-nuclear age. This new work contains material from two volumes, first published in 1968 and 1974, merged with notes for a third which David Brown prepared but never published before his death. They appear for the first time together, providing the most detailed single-volume account currently available of the operation of British, American and Japanese aircraft carriers in World War II.

Author : Mark Stille
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2012-05-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780968346

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Imperial Japanese Navy Aircraft Carriers 1921–45 by Mark Stille Pdf

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 1920s and 1930s, it experimented with its carriers, perfecting their design and construction. As a result, by the time Japan entered World War II and attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor in 1941, it possessed a fantastically effective naval aviation force. This book covers the design, development and operation of IJN aircraft carriers built prior to and during World War II. Pearl Harbor, Midway and the first carrier vs carrier battle, the battle of the Coral Sea, are all discussed.

Author : Edwin Palmer Hoyt
Publisher : Marlowe & Company
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1994-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1569248745

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Carrier Wars by Edwin Palmer Hoyt Pdf

Chronicles the history of aircraft carriers and their crucial roles in battles during the past fifty years