The book places plans alongside photographs and profiles. Readers can connect an aircraft carrier's internal arrangement with its outward appearance. The Maritime Commission's 1940 convertible-liner concept is one of the unrealized alternatives included alongside completed ships. The volume therefore supports the study of carrier design decisions as well as individual vessels such as Ranger.
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U.S. aircraft carriers through plans and profiles
Norman Friedman's illustrated U.S. aircraft-carrier history is recommended for linking design plans to the ships that emerged from them.