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Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
This book describes American aircraft carriers, presenting information on the characteristics of the first aircraft carriers, the development of the light carrier, and the future plans for the new generation of carriers, designated CV78.
Author
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Provides a description of U.S. Navy Nimitz class aircraft carriers, and discusses their function as mobile take-off and landing strips for fighter planes, their weapons capabilities, and the people who operate the warships.
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"While the resounding American victory at Midway in June 1942 blunted Japanese momentum to a great extent, it left the opposing forces precariously balanced, particularly in the South Pacific. In Knife's Edge Robert C. Stern provides an account of the Battles of the Eastern Solomons and the Santa Cruz Islands, the two pivotal carrier air battles that followed the initial engagements at the Coral Sea and Midway between the U.S. Navy and the Imperial...