Aircraft Carriers of the World, 1914 to the Present: An Illustrated EncyclopediaThis book represents an attempt to catalog all the aircraft carriers that have seen service in the world's navies, together with the designs that, while not realized, have had a significant influence on the technical evolution of the type or on the design of subsequent vessels within a particular navy. |
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Aircraft Carriers of the World: 1914 to the Present : an Illustrated ... Roger Chesneau No preview available - 1992 |
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2pdr A. D. Baker aboard Air Arm Museum air group aircraft carrier amidships Ark Royal armament armoured arrester gear Atlantic attack Baker III battery battleship Beam boilers British Builder Laid Bunkerage Colossus-class Complement completed conversion courtesy of A. D. courtesy of Ray cruiser decommissioned Displacement Draught early escort carrier fighters fitted Fleet Air Arm fleet carriers flight deck forecastle forward funnel Guns hangar Harland & Wolff helicopters hull installed Japanese July June kamikaze Laid down Launched landing Launched Commissioned Length Machinery mast Modifications mountings operations Pacific Parsons geared turbines photograph placed in reserve platform port post-war radar Ray Burt redesignated refit renamed role Royal Navy scrapped seaplane carrier Second World Second World War Sept Service Notes shafts ship sponsons starboard side stern stricken superstructure tonnes deep load tonnes standard tons torpedo transport twin Type vessels