The USS Enterprise

The USS Enterprise

Kalmbach Publishing | ISBN: 0890241732 | 1993 | PDF | 76 pages | 69 MB

"The USS Enterprise in Detail and Scale" covers the world's first nuclear powered aircraft carrier from prior to the keel being laid in February 1958 until its withdrawal for refit in 1990. The book commences with twelve pages of text describing the significance of the Enterprise, the legacy left to her by her seven earlier namesakes, aircraft carrier classifications, design features and operational history. The text is capped off with two pages of statistics. The bulk of the book is populated with photographs of the Enterprise and her Air Wing. Three pages of photos of embarked aircraft make way for 38 pages packed with photos of most aspects of the Enterprise's details. Captions are succinct but very useful. The eight pages of the "Enterprise Color Gallery" will be especially helpful to modellers. In addition to several pages dedicated to air operations, this section includes a colour chronology of the carrier from 1962 until just prior to her 1990 refit.