Being an army man I enjoyed the show, however I was a little disapointed that the static display craft were not titled so I had no idea what the name of the craft was or its history.
1988 USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Nimitz-class nuclear-powered supercarriers, the biggest warships in the world and the mainstay of the United States of Americas naval power, the Abraham Lincoln is generally considered as part of a sub-class lead by the Theodore Roosevelt.
THE WORLDS BIGGEST WARSHIPS...
1972 USS NIMITZ. The name ship of the latest class of American aircraft carriers is named after Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, who commanded the US Pacific Fleet in World War II. The Ronald Reagan was laid down as the ninth vessel of the class in February 1998.
NUCLEAR-POWERED AIRCRAFT CARRIER...
1960 USS ENTERPRISE. The first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the world (and at the time of building the largest warship in the world) is also the eighth warship of the US Navy to bear the name Enterprise. Her predecessor was the most famous aircraft carrier of World War II.
PRECURSOR OF...
1944-1945 USS Franklin in the Pacific Aircraft carrier versus kamikazes and dive bombers Commissioned in 1944, the Essex-class aircraft carrier Franklin came the closest of any member of her class to being lost during her relatively short period of active service in the Pacific theatre.
BONIN...
1942 USS LEXINGTON. The loss of the Lexington in the first naval battle fought exclusively by aircraft
Through the first five months of the Second World War, the Japanese seemed invincible. They rolled southwards, dominating the western Pacific rim, but then, in May 1942, they came up against...
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