Nimitz class aircraft carriers
By: Brad Elward ; illustrated by Paul Wright
Series: New vanguard -- 174
Publisher: Osprey
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9781846037597
Subjects: Nimitz Class (Aircraft carriers); Nuclear aircraft carriers
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 47) and index.
Table of contents: title: Origins of the supercarrier; title: Design and development of the Nimitz class; title: The Nimitz carrier structure; title: The flight deck; title: Aircraft launch and recovery operations; title: LSOs and the lens; title: The hangar bay; title: The island and significant inner structures; title: Defensive systems; title: Electronic systems and radars; title: Integrated air defense; title: The Carrier Wing (CVW); title: Propulsion and powerplant; title: Operational history; title: The carriers; title: Nimitz-class follow-on : the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) class.