Research Catalog

Title

The supercarriers : the Forrestal and Kitty Hawk classes / Andrew Faltum.

Author

Faltum, Andrew, 1947-

Publication

Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2014]

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Details

Description

x, 240 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 27 cm

Summary

As the first of the "supercarriers," the USS Forrestal ushered in a new era of naval power when it was commissioned in 1955. Throughout the Cold War and into the uncertain and dangerous world that followed, the first question of senior American leadership in response to a crisis has often been, "Where are the carriers?" The Supercarriers is a comprehensive historical overview with extensive photos, maps, drawings, and operational detail, including all air-wing deployments. The book covers the Forrestal-class supercarriers and the follow-on ships, which are essentially of the same design, including the Forrestal (CV 59), Saratoga (CV 60), Ranger (CV 61), Independence (CV 62), Kitty Hawk (CV 63), Constellation (CV 64), America (CV 66), and John F. Kennedy (CV 67). As in Faltum's previous books, The Essex Aircraft Carriers [and] The Independence Light Aircraft Carriers, the main emphasis here is on the operational history of these ships, which spans more than fifty years. -- Front jacket flap.

Subject

• Kitty Hawk (Aircraft carrier)
• Forrestal (Aircraft carrier)
• Aircraft carriers > United States > History
• Forrestal Class (Aircraft carriers)
• Kitty Hawk Class (Aircraft carriers)
• Aircraft carriers
• United States

Genre/Form

• History
• History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Super carrier -- Thunder ballet -- The golden age -- The Kitty Hawk -- Cold wars and hot spots -- Next-generation aircraft -- New developments -- Vietnam -- The Forrestal fire -- Turning point and aftermath -- Evolution -- Challenges -- A dangerous world -- Into the sunset -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix A: Technical data -- Appendix B: Individual ships -- Appendix C: Aircraft technical data -- Appendix D: Air wings.

ISBN

• 9781591141808
• 159114180X
• 9781612517704 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

^^2014021816

OCLC

881469523

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library