US Navy Aircraft Carriers 1942-45

F6F Hellcat Aces of VF-9 (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces 119)
VF-9 was activated in March 1942 as part of Carrier Air Group (CAG) 9, one of the many air groups the US Navy was hurriedly forming in the aftermath o...

Yorktown-Class Aircraft Carriers (Warships In Action No.30)
The Yorktown class was a class of three aircraft carriers built by the U.S. and completed shortly before World War II. They bore the brunt of early ac...

The Supercarriers
When the U.S.S. Forrestal was launched in 1955, the first of the supercarriers , it signaled the beginning of a new era in Navy thinking and strategy....

Flat Tops and Fledglings - A History of American Aircraft Carriers
March 20, 1922, marked the beginning of carrier aviation in the US Navy with the commissioning of the experimental carrier USS Langley CV-1. Some 48 y...

Aircraft Carriers (Picture Library)
In this book all sorts of aircraft carriers are highlighted, with material on their design, technology, and capabilities....