萨拉托加号航空母舰（CV-3） USS Saratoga (CV-3): From the 1920s-30s and WWII Combat to Operation Crossroads

基本信息

ISBN-13：9780764364662

ISBN-10：0764364669

Author：David Doyle

Publisher：Schiffer Publishing Ltd

Imprint：Schiffer Publishing Ltd

Format：Hardcover

Number of Pages：144

Release Date：13 December 2022

Weight：880g

Dimensions：229mm x 229mm

Series：Legends of Warfare: Naval

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书籍简介

这是一部图文并茂的美国海军早期航空母舰之一的历史。

萨拉托加号及其姊妹舰列克星敦号是1944年之前世界上大型的两艘航空母舰。萨拉托加号战列巡洋舰（CC-3）的龙骨于1920年9月25日铺设。这艘速度快、火力强大的战列巡洋舰的建造工作于1922年2月暂停，当时华盛顿海军会议就军舰的尺寸和数量进行了限制谈判。协议签署后，决定将已完成28%的萨拉托加号改装成航空母舰（其姊妹舰列克星敦号也遭遇了同样的命运）。

萨拉托加号于1925年4月7日作为航空母舰下水，成为当时大型的同类型舰艇。萨拉托加号革命性的涡轮电力推进系统和船体设计使其能够以33节的速度航行（前进或后退均可），这一特性被认为在飞行甲板两端遭受战斗损伤时非常有用。她确实伤痕累累。珍珠港事件发生时，她正停泊在加利福尼亚州圣地亚哥港。在随后的战争中，这艘战舰屡遭损伤，有时伤势严重。尽管如此，她仍坚持战斗，荣获八枚战斗勋章。

战后，鉴于其舰龄、过往损伤以及设计上的局限性，萨拉托加号被认定为剩余物资，并在比基尼环礁核试验中被用作靶舰。她挺过了初次“艾布尔”原子弹试验，但在1946年7月25日的“贝克”原子弹试验中被击沉。

这本144页的书籍是作者早期作品的扩展，通过350多张照片和插图，带领读者深入了解这艘战舰在和平时期和战争时期的建造和运行，并详细介绍了她经历的多次改装和维修。

本书特点：

·萨拉托加号是 1941 年 12 月 7 日仍在服役的三艘幸存至战争结束的美国航空母舰之一。

·该舰于 1946 年在比基尼环礁被击沉，并被用作核武器试验的目标。

·萨拉托加号在太平洋战争期间多次遭受重创，包括神风特攻队的袭击。

·360 张彩色和黑白照片。

An illustrated history of one of the US Navy’s earliest aircraft carriers.

USS Saratoga and her sister ship USS Lexington were the two largest aircraft carriers in the world until 1944. The keel of the battle cruiser USS Saratoga (CC-3) was laid on September 25, 1920. Work on the fast, formidably armed battle cruiser was suspended in February 1922, when the Washington Naval Conference negotiated limits on warship sizes and numbers. Once the accord was signed, the decision was made to convert the 28 percent complete Saratoga into an aircraft carrier (the same fate befell her sister ship, Lexington).

Launched as an aircraft carrier on April 7, 1925, she became the largest ship of that type afloat. Saratoga’s revolutionary turboelectric drive and hull design allowed her to operate at 33 knots (either forward or backward), a trait believed to be useful in the event of combat damage to either end of her flight deck. And damaged she was. Though in port at San Diego, California, when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, during the ensuing war the ship was damaged repeatedly, and sometimes severely. Despite this, she fought throughout the war, earning eight battle stars.

Following the war, in view of her age, past damage, and the limitations of her design, Saratoga was deemed surplus and was expended as a target during the Bikini Atoll nuclear tests. She survived the first “Able” bomb test but was sunk by the “Baker” test on July 25, 1946.

This 144-page volume, an expansion of the author’s earlier work, immerses the reader in the construction and operation of the ship at peace and war, as well as detailing the many refits and repairs she underwent, through over 350 photos and illustrations.

SELLING POINTS:

Saratoga was one of only three US aircraft carriers in service on December 7, 1941, to survive the war.

The ship was sunk at Bikini Atoll in 1946, where it was used as a target for nuclear weapons testing.

Saratoga was heavily damaged several times during the Pacific War, including by kamikaze strikes.

360 colour and b/w photographs.

作者简介

作者：自 1999 年以来，大卫·道尔已出版 200 多部著作，主题范围已扩展至军舰和战斗机。这些书籍篇幅从 56 页到近 1000 页的巨著不等。

AUTHOR: Since 1999, David Doyle has written over 200 published books, and the range of topics has expanded to include warships and combat aircraft. These books have ranged in size from 56 pages to large works approaching 1,000 pages.