Supercarrier (Tom Clancy)
Supercarrier - The World of American Aircraft Carriers is the title of a book written by Tom Clancy and published in the USA in 1999 . The first German publication is from 2001. The book deals with aircraft carriers , especially the Nimitz-class supercarriers and the equipment used on them.
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This book is the sixth by Clancy that deals with a special type of weapon or units used. For the second time since the Atom Submarine , Clancy writes about a type of ship in the United States Navy . The book has a volume of approx. 470 pages.
After an introduction to naval aviation , Clancy conducts an extensive interview with Admiral Jay Johnson , then Chief of Naval Operations . The following chapters form the heart of the book. First, the training to become a naval aviator is described in detail, before Clancy turns to building and assembling the aircraft carrier. He describes in great detail the construction at the Newport News Shipbuilding yard in Newport News , Virginia . The reader learns how it is set up from the “tour” that Clancy takes with him on the USS George Washington (CVN-73) . The third chapter of the heart of the book describes the planes and weapons currently in use on American aircraft carriers. These include the F-14 , the F / A-18 , the Sidewinder , the Sparrow and the Phoenix .
Clancy then describes the establishment of Carrier Vessel Battle Groups (CVBG) and an exercise by an aircraft carrier association. The book is concluded with a fictional scenario in 2016 off the coast of Sri Lanka .