SECRET AEROSPACE PROJECTS OF THE U.S. NAVY: The Incredible Attack Aircraft of the USS United States 1948-1949

Presents a comprehensive study of some of the most radical attack aircraft ever designed to operate from an aircraft carrier. These projects were developed in 1948 to equip the USS United States, an immense 65,000-ton supercarrier that was to have been the core of the Navy's nascent strategic nuclear bombardment capability. Fully illus.