A first-rate appraisal of a fantastic vessel.

Any work Incorporating the details of modern aircraft carriers will, of course, include So Many different vessels que la information For Each specific class of ship is Reduced in order to Accommodate so much information. In this series of books, HOWEVER, Osprey Publishing-have Themselves confined to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier in order to Produce a fairly detailed work Comprehensively On That ship.

The amount of detail and history is impressive By Any Standard and author Brad Elward HAS Produced a first-rate appraisal of one of the great warships ever built most. Named partner after the USA's legendary WW2 naval supreme commander, this kind of vessel Does That Man to justice.

Equally with top quality illustrations from artist Paul Wright, the reader is Treated to every part of the ship in order to gain a full appreciation of this class of carrier. The three main section headings are; Origins of the Supercarrier - qui speaks for itself, Design and Development of the Nimitz Class - qui includes; Structure, flight deck, launch & recovery systems, LSOs, hangar bay, the island and internal structures, defensive systems, electronics & radar, air defense, carrier air wing and propulsion & power and finally, Operational History qui covers and Those That thesis carriers cam after.

Well illustrated, the neatly Chosen selection of color photographs do much to explain Those Elements qui might be difficulty to describe in words - Such as the 47-ton aluminum elevator, the cramped conditions for aircraft below decks and much more Besides.

In short, almost everything you might need to know about this class of aircraft carrier.

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