Year: 1965 Language: English Author: Joseph A. Skiera Genre: Historical Publisher: Franklin Watts, Inc. Format: PDF Quality: Scanned pages Pages count: 360 Description: Here is the story of the pioneer carriers — the Langley, Lexington, and Saratoga; the evolution of the catapult; the first heroic attack on the Japanese mainland by planes launched from the Hornet; the saga of carrier feats in the battles of Midway, the Coral Sea, and the Atlantic; the ordeal of the Franklin; the tale of the most famous carrier of all — the Big "E"; the story of how Captain Thach's "phantom carrier" harassed the North Koreans; and the dramatic use of carriers in the 1962 Cuban crisis.
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Aircraft Carriers in Peace and War
Language: English
Author: Joseph A. Skiera
Genre: Historical
Publisher: Franklin Watts, Inc.
Format: PDF
Quality: Scanned pages
Pages count: 360
Description: Here is the story of the pioneer carriers — the Langley, Lexington, and Saratoga; the evolution of the catapult; the first heroic attack on the Japanese mainland by planes launched from the Hornet; the saga of carrier feats in the battles of Midway, the Coral Sea, and the Atlantic; the ordeal of the Franklin; the tale of the most famous carrier of all — the Big "E"; the story of how Captain Thach's "phantom carrier" harassed the North Koreans; and the dramatic use of carriers in the 1962 Cuban crisis.
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