Beans, Bullets, and Black Oil – The Story of Fleet Logistics Afloat in the Pacific During World War II – Rear Adm. Worrall Reed Carter
This is a digital reissue of a 1953 book issued by the Naval War College Press that tells the story...
SBD Upgrade
From when I started collecting kits almost 30 years ago my 1/72 SBD experience has been limited to the old...
Carrier Warfare in the Pacific: An Oral History Collection (SMITHSONIAN HISTORY OF AVIATION AND SPACEFLIGHT SERIES) – E. T. Wooldridge (Editor)
This 1993 volume is a collection of edited oral histories of participants in the carrier war in the Pacific. It's...
Grey Ghost: The Story of the Aircraft Carrier Hornet – Lee Merideth
I read this book before touring the Hornet last month. Lots of errors a good proofing should have caught, but...
USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) 1/700 – Finishing a 1994 Build in 2021
https://imodeler.com/2021/07/uss-ticonderoga-cv-14-1-700-finishing-a-1994-build-in-2021/
USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) 1/700 Double Build
Since Typepad requires pictures to be uploaded and situated separately, I've started posting about completed builds in iModeler, and sharing...
Warships After London: The End of the Treaty Era in the Five Major Fleets, 1930–1936 – John Jordan
This was an enlightening book. It covers naval ship design following the second of the interwar naval arms limitations treaties,...
Captain McCrea’s War: The World War II Memoir of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Naval Aide and USS Iowa’s First Commanding Officer – John L. McCrea, Julia C. Tobey
I thoroughly enjoyed this book, which is a publication in book form of various writings and oral histories of Admiral...
Next Ship Model Project – USS Randolph (CV-15) – 1/700
My latest project is one that I have had in mind for a long time. When I was about 10...
Essex Class Aircraft Carriers, 1943–1991: Rare Photographs from Naval Archives (Images of War) – Leo Marriott
When your workbench is a double-build of the same Essex-class carrier as it appeared in 1945 and 1968, and the...