Presents a children's book for early readers that describes what aircraft carriers do, how they protect themselves, what the sailors aboard a carrier do, and more.
A photographic introduction to the ships known as "floating airports," from their inception in the early 1900s, through their development during World War II, to the various classes of carriers in use in the late twentieth century.
Photographs, diagrams, and text describe twelve aircraft carriers from around the world, including the USS "Enterprise," from which the first U.S. raid on Japan was launched, and the amphibious Soviet warfare ship, the "Ivan Rogov.".
