This large, preowned, hardback book in very good condition with dust jacket and 344 pages was written by Stefan Terzibaschitsch and this second edition was published by Conway Maritime Press in 1989.
This fully comprehensive book on the most powerful ships in the history of naval warfare covers all American fleet carriers - even those never completed - between the Langley (CV-1), a converted collier, and the latest nuclear-powered giants of the Nimitz type.
Maybe the most important section devoted to carrier air groups which outlines squadrons, numbers and types of aircraft embarked on US carriers throughout their service careers. This information was unique and had never been published in such detail before.