Vessel Model Special. Band 87: History of U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier

100 years have passed since the first American aircraft carrier USS "Langley" was commissioned in 1922. In that time, the United States has participated in several wars, including World War II, the Korean War and the Gulf War, and aircraft carriers have always been on the front lines of these conflicts. The epoch-making American aircraft carriers are presented through new and past examples: from the "Essex" class, which was built most frequently during the Second World War, to the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the "Enterprise", which entered service during the Cold War, to the ultra-modern "Gerald R.Ford" class.

In addition to the history of American aircraft carriers, the book shows a variety of aircraft carriers as models: CV-1 "Langley" (Trumpeter, 1:350); CV-2 "Lexington" (Pit road, 1:700); CV-3 "Saratoga" (Tamiya 1:700); CV-4 "Ranger" (Trumpeter, 1:350); CV-5 "Yorktown" (Trumpeter, 1:700); CV-7 "Wasp" (Aoshima, 1:700); CV-11 "Intrepid" (Pit road, 1:700); CV-41 "Midway" (Orange Hobby, 1:700); CVE-9 "Borg" (Tamiya, 1:700); CVN-65 "Enterprise" (Level, 1:720); CV-67 "John F. Kennedy" (Trumpeter, 1:700); CVN-76 "Ronald Reagan" (Pit road, 1:700 conversion); CVN-78 "Gerald R. Ford" (GAGA, 1:700).