USS Enterprise (CV-6): The "Big E" from the Doolittle Raid, Midway, and Santa Cruz to Guadalcanal and Leyte (Legends of Warfare: Naval, 18)

I have other books by this same author and I am always satisfied by the written and photographed information presented. Very good pictures that really tell their own story. A must-have for actually absorbing rare photographs without getting too bloated in the written stuff.

I liked the book For its historical content I also bought it for reference and building the model unfortunately it was not helpful no color photos but still it’s a good book

has a lot of pictures ,and good account of ships history and service

Although most of the naval history I consume is of the table-shaking, eyeball-glazing variety, I have a hard time resisting the occasional book of pretty pictures. This book contains 230 pictures in total, and except for a few pictures taken by the carrier's air group of Japanese warships being attacked, all of them are either of the "Enterprise" or were taken aboard. Along with a number of "in action" shots of the carrier in battle, there are plenty of images of her under construction, drydock images of refits and battle damage, candid shots of life aboard and flight deck activities, and aerial shots of the ship at sea and entering/leaving harbor. Most of the photos are very sharp-looking and free of annoying digital degraining, and the captions are usually fairly detailed. I'd love to give this five stars, but there are some annoying typos in the text, and at 128 pages, it's not exactly definitive, with only about 20 pages devoted to the ship's history. Still, for $16, this book delivered a heck of a lot more than I was expecting, and it's remarkably lean and focused. David Doyle and Schiffer Publishing have pumped out quite a few books of this type recently, and I'll probably check out further volumes in this series.

Everything you wanted to know about the legendary "Big E!'

The book covers the operational history of the US Navy's most decorated warship from WWII. The book is a hardcover with the pages of a sturdy paper stock. It contains many photos of high quality that cover many aspects of the ship and its history. It isn't the most detailed book on the market regarding CV-6, but it is well worth the price.

An excellent book,with many,many previously unseen photos !!!

Fantastic book!! Best collection of photos of CV-6 I've ever seen!

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USS Enterprise fought in every significant naval battle against the Japanese in WW2. The verbal narrative of these events pieces the pictorial evidence of her history into a most interesting book. It is disgraceful that she was not preserved as a museum-ship. Those who recommended her scrapping should have been tried, convicted and sentenced on her quarter deck. Did they escape justice because she was a flat-top without one? At least you can preserve her in your library, as I have done in mine. The LEAST you can do. So, do it!

キール据付から解体までの生涯を綴った写真集です。 紙質がよく写真もかなり鮮明なものが多数掲載されています。 レジュメはイメージ画像にありますのでそちらを確認していただくとして、 数々の激戦をくぐり抜けた武勲艦の画像満載です。 図面は無く記述要素も多くありませんが、その分写真キャプションが充実しています。 カラー画像は数葉のみ、ほとんどがモノクロ画像で鮮明なものが多いです。 構図としては艦全景が多いものの、飛行甲板上のクローズアップや艦内写真も 掲載されています。 有名艦だけに概知の画像が多いのですが、各海戦時に重点を置いているようで 甲板や銃座の被害状況をクローズアップした画像など結構珍しいものがあり 煙路上端の構造がハッキリわかる煙突上面の画像や1943年に試験的に設置された 20ｍｍ機銃の連装と3連装（実用化されてはいないはずですが始めて見ました） など興味が湧く画像も色々あります。 このシリーズは編集、画質、紙質などが大変バランスよく、現時点ではエンタープライズに 関する資料としてコストパフォーマンスが高い大変良い資料だと思います。

As above.

I did not realize that this book was going to provide so many pictures of Enterprise (CV-6). Many of the pictures I had never seen before.The pictures go right up to the unfortunate scrapping of this remarkable WW2 ship. Will next be buying the book on the Hornet!